Something I came up with today in a discussion about national pride and nationalism:
A preoccupation with the colours, emblems or subjective values of a nation instead of the beauty of the peoples and cultures that inhabit it, is pure nationalism and we should despise it before we learn to fear it.
There's a fine line between pride and nationalism and I choose to stand as far away from that line as possible. To that end, I don't like:
- vehicles adorned with flags (as if we don't know what it looks like)
- tattoos of flags or other nationalist symbols (as if you need proof of where you were born)
- objections to the burning of flags as a valid form of protest
- anything that promotes bigotry or vilification of any kind
What do you think?
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