Patriotism is love and support of your country. Blattberg, Charles, 2003, Patriotic, Not Deliberative, Democracy," CRISPP: Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 6: 155-74. We drove from Milwaukee, Wis., to Kansas City, Mo., stopping along the way to talk to people about civic duty, national pride and the symbols often used as stand-ins for Americanness.
It wasn't until World War II that the word nationalism began to take on a negative connotation. National monuments, and veterans days and commemoration ceremonies are typical examples. Director Alfred Hitchcock released Foreign Correspondent in 1940 allowing American audiences an intuitive look into the war lacking in point of fact only if the identity of the enemy.
Patriotism, not nationalism, should inspire the citizen. The word patriotism derives from the Latin patria, meaning country." Patriots are citizens joined by a love of country and a readiness to sacrifice, perhaps even die, for their country. Taking care of the people who serve our country is an important way to show patriotism.
Patriotism is a natural consequence of political membership or citizenship, and it is not clear where—other than membership itself—the duties of patriotism originate or what justifies them other than that membership, for patriotism is not voluntarily assumed as general political obligations are presumed to be. To deny or renounce patriotism or to act contrary to what its proponents deem appropriate is to be disloyal.
Keller argues that whereas
https://viticulture.colostate.edu/community/profile/q1xwmyf778 one's love of and loyalty to a family member or a friend may coexist with a low estimate of the person's qualities, patriotism involves endorsement of one's country. Similarly, if I'm amongst people who are not Americans, I probably know more about Americans, the American racial divide, I probably have more experience of the American adventure in Southeast Asia - I say "experience," not necessarily knowledge.