RE: Pat Doesn't Think Much of the EU
October 15, 2015 at 8:36 am
(This post was last modified: October 15, 2015 at 8:37 am by Edwardo Piet.)
Preferring your own country to others is one thing - preferring the people in your country to others... that's really tarring a lot of very fantastic people in other countries with the same brush.
I associate nationalism and patriotism with most of the people I have come across and heard from who claim to be "nationalists" and "patriots"... and these people seem to be very arrogant, obnoxious - and self-righteous - more than not, in my personal experience.
Love your country? Sure. Appreciate your country? Sure. Respect your country? Sure. Be proud of your country? I think that would be giving myself way too much credit... I'm hardly a part of my country, I'm not a fan of my country personally and if I was and thought it was fantastic, I wouldn't wear it like a badge and still wouldn't consider myself "proud". I'd feel more grateful and lucky to have been born here, that's all.
I associate nationalism and patriotism with most of the people I have come across and heard from who claim to be "nationalists" and "patriots"... and these people seem to be very arrogant, obnoxious - and self-righteous - more than not, in my personal experience.
Love your country? Sure. Appreciate your country? Sure. Respect your country? Sure. Be proud of your country? I think that would be giving myself way too much credit... I'm hardly a part of my country, I'm not a fan of my country personally and if I was and thought it was fantastic, I wouldn't wear it like a badge and still wouldn't consider myself "proud". I'd feel more grateful and lucky to have been born here, that's all.