Patriot Games

Nothing wrong with a bit of patriotism, but people who identify strongly as such generally hate the country with passion, loving instead an imagined nonexistent idea of the country, generally dominated by white supremacy. But, sure, WaPo, patriotic. Lead with that.

He’s from a patriotic family — and allegedly leaked U.S. secrets

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“Jack is on his way home today, tech school complete, ready to start his career in the Air National Guard!” said the post, dated June 3, 2021. It was accompanied by a photograph of a patriotic-themed balloon tied to a mailbox and emblazoned, “Welcome home!”

Patriotic zeal appeared common around Airman 1st Class Jack Teixeira, 21, who had followed in the footsteps of numerous family members to join the military. Teixeira, slim and boyish in photographs taken in his blue dress uniform, had been assigned to manage and troubleshoot computers and communications systems for the 102nd Intelligence Wing at Otis Air National Guard Base, according to the Air Force.

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Teixeira, who used online handles that include “jackthedripper” and “excalibureffect,” posted the images to Discord, a chat platform popular with gamers, people familiar with the case said. Some Discord members showed The Washington Post video of Teixeira shouting racist and antisemitic slurs before firing a rifle. Like some others interviewed for this story, they spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.

This "patriotism" is common the US (McVeigh and various movements) but it isn't "patriotism" in the way that normal people define the word, and is rather an odd choice to run with! "Patriot Movement" capital letters.