They’re probably not totally mutually exclusive. But blind loyalty to a _person_ (which is what you’re looking at here) is mostly a not-very-smart-person thing.

They’re probably not totally mutually exclusive. But blind loyalty to a _person_ (which is what you’re looking at here) is mostly a not-very-smart-person thing. (To be clear, loyalty to a country or to an ideal is a different thing, but unshakeable loyalty to a single person is normally a bad sign.)