I don't like patriotism; I think it's arbitrary to be proud of a country, and I think it's a pretty slippery funnel into nationalism. Flag-waving feels fascist to me.
But it turns out that politicians who preach real multiculturalism and inclusive care for the vulnerable do, in fact, make me feel patriotic. So maybe it's that I've rarely found anything to feel proud of.
@ben There's nothing wrong with being proud of your country for the good things it has done. There's everything wrong with ignoring, in the name of "patriotism", the bad things your country has done.
As Carl Schurz, the nation's first German American Senator (R-MO) once said on the floor of the Senate, on 29 February 1872:
"My country; and my country is the great American Republic. My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right."
Ben Werdmuller
Going T. Maine
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Highlands & Islands Greens
Steve Gisselbrecht
Torb