 Some defenders as well as critics of loyalty take the frequent presence of C as a reason for seeing loyalty as inherently unfriendly. To put it in the words of the political consultant, James Carville, “sticking with” B requires “sticking it to” C (Carville, 2000). No doubt some loyalties—especially political ones—frequently express themselves in such terms. But jingoism is not necessary to patriotic loyalty (pace Tolstoy, 1894), and in most contexts the privileging of an object of loyalty (B) does not require treating others (C) badly. Loyalty to one’s own children need not involve the disparagement of others’ children.