After the 2016 election there was a panel discussion; all the creators of the top political TV shows were invited. West Wing, House of Cards, Veep, Scandal, and others. Every creator said the same thing. If they'd had a character say that they "liked soldiers who didn't get captured" the netowrks and advertisers would have demanded that character be despised by all Americans.
I've seen houses with the black POW/MIA flag and a Trump poster, because they can live in two realities at once.