No one picked it up.

The lapel pin is not a symbol of patriotism, but a statement that one is a patriot.

These are not the same thing.

Patriotism is a state of mind, a belief behaviour. Saying that one is a patriot is like a man in a dog collar saying that he is a man of god or a girl in a white dress is a health professional.

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