> There's a great deal of difference between refusing to recite the
> pledge of allegiance or to pay obeisance to official symbols of
> nationalism at ceremonial occasions and adopting "a disdainful sneer"
> towards others who do so. No one is recommending the latter here,
> though some insist on confusing the former with the latter.
People who confuse the former with the latter are often the very people whose minds one wants to change. And I'm not so sure that no one is recommending the latter here.
Jacob Conrad