Liberal Protestants originally branded conservatives unpatriotic in wartime

Evidence

In a move that seems almost incomprehensible today, liberal Protestants pounced on this ambivalence, denouncing conservatives’ “un-American” faith and labeling their lack of patriotism a threat to national security. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 45

Categorization

• CANDY: Serves loyal-twisting irony: the people now accused of unpatriotic faith once accused their opponents of it.