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Originally posted by Charlatan
Finally the love of "uncle sam" and the "stars and stripes"... I've always seen patriotism as a double edged sword. One one hand it is a unifying principle (one of the aspects of the melting pot) on the other it can lead to a form of Nationalism that is quite odious.
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That's exactly what is happening here. The flag-waving is more nationalism than patriotism. For many people, it has less to do with pride in our country than it has to do with a "you ain't one of us" mentality.