(October 15, 2015 at 8:32 am)abaris Wrote: Yes, patriotism and nationalism are such glorious things to strive for. They gave us all the beauties of the last century. What could possibly be wrong with that?
Because liberalism gave us awesome things as well. How about a middle ground, like civic nationalism that is based on equality, contribution and mutual tolerance and not on race (and other trivial things) while still glorifying country people live in towards a common goal? Everyone is a bit nationalist to some degree, it's not avoidable, Not all nationalism equals being a racist nazi or a totalitarian
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you