In today's information society, the Internet has deeply penetrated into all aspects of our lives and has become an important platform for people to express their emotions and exchange ideas. However, in this vast online world, some undesirable phenomena have also quietly emerged, and what is particularly bad is that some people use the name of "patriotism" to win attention and earn traffic, and this kind of behavior is a blasphemy and abuse of the spirit of patriotism, which must be highly valued and severely cracked down.
First of all, taking the live broadcast industry as an example, some anchors deliberately make extreme remarks or stage exaggerated performances on the occasion of important national festivals or major events, which seem to be passionate and full of patriotic enthusiasm, but in fact, they are playing with public emotions, attracting fans' attention by provoking public emotions, and increasing the popularity and income of the live broadcast room. For example, when a well-known anchor commemorated the Victory Day of the Anti-Japanese War, in order to attract traffic, he deliberately distorted historical facts, exaggerated them, and entertained serious historical topics, which seriously deviated from the essence of patriotic education and tarnished the spirit of patriotism.
Secondly, on social media platforms, there is no shortage of marketing accounts that use patriotic themes to maliciously hype. They fabricate, exaggerate, or even falsify facts, and publish highly inflammatory and controversial content, such as fabricating foreign brands' disrespectful behavior towards the mainland, so as to create hot topics and attract users to click and retweet them for the purpose of commercial promotion. These behaviors not only did not convey true patriotic feelings, but instead intensified the antagonism of public opinion, undermined social harmony and stability, and reduced patriotism to a tool for them to obtain benefits.
Moreover, in the field of e-commerce, some businesses use patriotic elements as a marketing tool and abuse them in product packaging and advertising. Tactics such as claiming that the purchase of domestic goods is supporting the revitalization of national industry, or emphasizing that the purchase of a certain product can show patriotism is not uncommon. An ordinary consumer product is endowed with a symbolic meaning that transcends its own value, inducing consumers to consume based on wrong perceptions, which is actually a distortion and abuse of the spirit of patriotism.
To sum up, in view of this phenomenon of making profits in the name of patriotism, we must resolutely show our swords and strictly deal with them in accordance with laws and regulations. Government departments should strengthen the supervision of the online environment, formulate and improve relevant laws and regulations, and have zero tolerance for all kinds of illegal acts that use patriotic feelings to gain traffic, so as to curb the spread of such trends at the source. At the same time, all sectors of society should also improve their ability to discern, advocate rational patriotism, and jointly create a healthy, orderly, and positive cyberspace, so that patriotism can return to its proper connotation - to build national consensus and promote national development, instead of becoming a cover for a few people to seek personal gains. Only in this way can we truly safeguard the lofty spiritual banner of patriotism and enable it to always lead the Chinese nation to a more brilliant future.