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However, Rogan also notes the strange paradox of patriotism being weaponized or questioned. He worries that some Americans are more eager to criticize their country than to celebrate its virtues. He emphasizes that many Americans, when talking face-to-face or at the local level, are passionate, kind, and united, but the media’s focus on division and conflict creates an illusion of national fracture. This dissonance troubles him, and he fears the polarization may eventually spill over into violence—a scenario he compares with the unrest seen in Portland or Seattle.