Popular patriotism can be portrayed as the trendy thing to do. Some people are patriotic because everyone is doing it. For example, after September 11, many people were patriotic, not because they loved their country, but because they were doing what was socially acceptable at the time. For instance, some businesses put up signs that said they were for the war with Iraq or that they were praying for the troops. Some businesses truly did mean what they wrote. Nevertheless, there were other businesses that put the signs up solely because it was what their co

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