You're just part of the Anglo-Saxon plot to undermine the French - just a bit more devious! In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
More seriously, there's a distinct difference between defending groups of which you are to some degree a part against clearly unjust criticism and becoming a signed up adherent and propagandist. You can see some of the supposed tribal priests aren't entirely easy members on some things: Martin Wolf for instance.
