Outward patriotic participation can exist without political conviction

Evidence

Yet, nobody at the Buffalo talked about the war, except as it impinged on travel plans. And there was no reason not to take part in activities that supported the troops unless the raffle prizes were not good. But that participation did not mean that they all actively believed in the rightness of the policies. — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics, 898

Categorization

• XREF: Plausibly connects to ‘spiral of silence’ literature and to the reader’s interest in how visible participation misleads observers. — connects to: Patriotism as critical attachment can be distinguished from chauvinistic nationalism

Broader Connections

• Patriotism as critical attachment can be distinguished from chauvinistic nationalism #corroborates (0.75)