Publicly admired acts of conscience draw no public backing from colleagues

Evidence

McCain’s action and Flake’s speech were widely noted and admired, but neither received public affirmation from other Republicans in Congress. Flake’s Senate speech was not followed by a raft of promises (not even just a few) vowing, “I will not be complicit or silent.” — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 336

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Judgment ignores public reputation in favor of private fruitfulness — Chuck Missler, The Kingdom, Power and Glory: The…, 1202; Public figures are admired for refusing to compromise even at personal risk; Activists sound less publicly minded in public than in private — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics: how Americans…, 1205

Broader Connections

• Public figures are admired for refusing to compromise even at personal risk #contradicts (0.85)
• Judgment ignores public reputation in favor of private fruitfulness #complicates (0.78) — Chuck Missler, The Kingdom, Power and Glory, 1202
• Activists sound less publicly minded in public than in private #qualifies (0.75) — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics, 1205