At its heart, patriotism is little more than a disguised form of racism in a socially palatable form. It is politically incorrect to declare racial superiority, but the pride of Nationalism is perfectly acceptable. The former threatens the social order, the latter galvanizes it; it gives the whole society a focus for their hate, an emotion, which we are often told is wrong but only for those who are close at hand never at a distance. This contradiction seems never to be addressed. The idea that one is not allowed to despise one group of people of a certain genetic disposition but are given free reign to express their disgust with another group under a common banner should indicate like an alarm bell a societies failures by a reassignment of its blame.

Hate and pride go as well together as anything can.
Deloused Reviewed by Deloused on . The trouble with patriots.... At its heart, patriotism is little more than a disguised form of racism in a socially palatable form. It is politically incorrect to declare racial superiority, but the pride of Nationalism is perfectly acceptable. The former threatens the social order, the latter galvanizes it; it gives the whole society a focus for their hate, an emotion, which we are often told is wrong but only for those who are close at hand never at a distance. This contradiction seems never to be addressed. The idea that Rating: 5