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minus-squareLka1988@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 months agoPatriotism is loving your country and recognizing it has flaws, and wanting to fix those flaws. Nationalism is when your country is the best country no matter what and any criticism should be met with mockery and ridicule.
minus-squaretexture@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agowhile thats true it really can be hard to express actual patriotism while not coming across as sounding nationalistic. the damn xenophobes will ruin everything for all of us if we allow them.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI know, wtf, I can’t even fly a flag anymore without appearing racist and xenophobic.
Patriotism is loving your country and recognizing it has flaws, and wanting to fix those flaws.
Nationalism is when your country is the best country no matter what and any criticism should be met with mockery and ridicule.
while thats true it really can be hard to express actual patriotism while not coming across as sounding nationalistic. the damn xenophobes will ruin everything for all of us if we allow them.
I know, wtf, I can’t even fly a flag anymore without appearing racist and xenophobic.