A few simple things to remember in a two-party democracy

Work within the party of your choice to get the candidates of your choice selected to run in the general election.

Work according to the rules as they exist now and accept the outcome.

This does not mean anyone should be unwilling to engage over disagreements about how to implement the rules: but it does mean we all need to remind ourselves that this sort of disagreement is normal.

Disagreement is not a procedural violation.

If the primary raises concerns about the process or rules: fix these in the time between this and the next primary, without disrupting the ongoing general election.

Avoid sowing doubts about the legitimacy of the candidate of your own party entering the general election...and worse, amplifying legitimacy concerns about American democracy as a whole.

Recognize that we operate in a two-party system. This means that, even when your party's candidate is not the candidate you would have preferred, criticizing your party's candidate during the general or not voting at all are both nearly equivalent to voting for the candidate of the other party.

We all need to play the game with respect for the game, sharing the objective of keeping the game alive, meaning winning today does not prevent anyone from playing the game tomorrow...if we want democracy to be both possible and desirable.