Patriotism is a growing concern in our nation today. Such an odd attitude towards justice could be sarcastically named using Dickens's words: telescopic philanthropy 11 Within the argument of the nation's survival (and well-being) it seems unjustified to give priority of my co-nationals' luxurious preferences over the basic needs of the inhabitants of the LDCs.
Kedourie, Elie, 1985, Nationalism, 3rd edition, London: Hutchinson. Whatever patriotism means to you, the chances are good that these are sentiments which are shared with others throughout the nation. Nationalism, on the other hand, is inseparable from the desire for power." The other contrast, the one between attachment to one's country (patriotism) versus attachment to one's people and its traditions (nationalism), has also played a role.
Post-Vietnam progressives answered King's call to eschew imperialism but they mistrusted nationalism. Not only will you be able to relate well to others in your shared love for this country but the more individuals who express their patriotic feelings, the stronger our country will be as a whole.
WILKINS: There was a time in Dan's life and mine when the House of Representatives had an oxymoronically named committee, "The UnAmerican Activities Committee." And I would say that the Patriot Act authorizes un-American activities. The negative reading of the "fusion" views patriotism and nationalism with equal contempt as blemishes on political and moral discourse.
America was really built on patriotism and
we are in this together are a free nation today because of past patriotism and the willingness of so many Americans to sacrifice for our America. Very few people today, even in Germany, would consider the unprovoked German attack on Holland to have been justified, and to the extent that patriotism facilitated it, then patriotism could be considered, in this case, a bad thing.
In April of 1893 the first Flag Day was proposed and declared to be held in honor of the flag that represents America each year on June 14th. It won't matter to many of their neighbors that the dozen new Mexican-American citizens are the ones who waited in line," who did it right." I say this to my press escort from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services regional office.
America is governed by Americans. 2 Primorac defines patriotism differently to Maclntyre - as love of one's own patria (country) which can be prepolitical, political or comprehensive (Primorac, 2004, p. 84). Patriotism is therefore always "politically defined," as in the American and French Revolutions.