But I wasn't using them in reference to my beliefs. It'd be more accurate to say "politicians that are actively working against the interests of people who use the terms rino and dino," which is a mouthful, so it's more efficient to just take the label and use it so those people understand it.

I would not use the terms if such a person had not popped up. My expectation for bystanders here is that they understand that our present political system is a farce, so I have little motivation to treat them like normies.

Contextually, I was trying to refer to the type of person you had responded to. Perhaps I was not direct enough to prevent this misunderstanding.