Every attempt at Patriotism is met with labels of "Nationalism" and equations of this to 'National Socialism - read Nazism.'
This is sad excuse of 'moral relevancy' is engrained in the media reports and at every level of discussion. The academics have worked overtime to instill this deviation from reality.
40 years of enemy IO preparation of the battlefield through cultural Marxism is the primary reason our side does strategic communications so poorly. Tens of millions of our fellow citizens are hard-wired to disbelieve.