Jack LeoneJul 4, 2023
The Conversation U.S.

This #FourthofJuly weekend, stop using #nationalism and #patriotism as synonyms.

🇺🇸Patriotism encompasses devotion to the country as a whole – including all the people who live within it.

🇺🇸Nationalism refers to devotion to only one group or people over others.
https://theconversation.com/what-is-the-difference-between-nationalism-and-patriotism-208170

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A 1950 poster shows Superman – a refugee from another planet and a character created by two Jewish immigrants to the U.S. – teaching this lesson to school kids. #USPolitics #American #4thOfJuly

What is the difference between nationalism and patriotism?

Nationalism and patriotism are sometimes treated as synonyms, but they have very different meanings.

The Conversation
Jul 4, 2023 at 7:40pmWeb
Show threadDan KennedyJul 4, 2023
@TheConversationUS @BostonAbrams No one has ever used patriotism and nationalism interchangeably.
Show threadmajereJul 5, 2023

@dankennedy_nu @TheConversationUS @BostonAbrams

Oh man, live a couple months in the south and you'll have incredibly stark examples, possibly on the daily depending with whom and where you frequent.

Show threadJoel Abrams 🫖Jul 5, 2023
@majere @dankennedy_nu @TheConversationUS
Well, you and your friends may not... but the author of the article certaingly thinks some people do:
Show threadmajereJul 5, 2023

@BostonAbrams @dankennedy_nu @TheConversationUS
To clarify, I meant you'll encounter dozens of nationalists under the guise of patriotism. I think it's rather incontrovertible that a large, very vocal segment of the US population equates patriotism with deglobalization, and a step further, nationalism.

At least in the Texas woodlands.

Show threadDan KennedyJul 5, 2023
@BostonAbrams @majere @TheConversationUS But Trump actually meant that he’s a nationalist — a white nationalist.
Show threadJudith PakosinskiJul 4, 2023
@TheConversationUS
Somehow I think this lesson would be banned in Florida, Texas, and Idaho.
Show threadA Tattered ScrapbookJul 4, 2023
@TheConversationUS It is so easily subverted, though, isn’t it? As in HUAC.
Show thread🌸🌹2ck 🌱🐇Jul 4, 2023
@TheConversationUS totally support the message, but why is Superman cradling that boy's face?
Show threadB-Sizzle Jul 4, 2023
@TheConversationUS "The Good Old Days." When the message to school kids was not to discriminate. Now we're banning books written from a differing viewpoint.
Show threadNoraJul 5, 2023

@TheConversationUS

Superman is wrong though. America's entire history has been treating people like shit.

Show threadPhDog 🇮🇪Jul 5, 2023

@TheConversationUS

I think this sort of wholesome propaganda was kind of a good idea.

Show threadCourtney Heard 🇨🇦Jul 5, 2023
@TheConversationUS both are useless.
Show threadStephen KrahnJul 5, 2023
@TheConversationUS unfortunately all the kids in the picture are white.
Show threadThe Conversation U.S.Jul 5, 2023
@StephenK I think the guy at the back on the left is a person of color, and perhaps the guy Superman has his hand on