While nationalism can indeed be used in the manner you describe, you are attempting to limit it to JUST that. THAT is where you are incorrect. You are also incorrect to pretend that I said nationalism has anything to do with patriotism. I did not say that. I said that saying the pledge is BOTH nationalistic and patriotic. Not that the two were the same.
You don't even make any sense. You say they are the same thing, but they aren't the same thing! Nationalism refers to a specific political tactic, most notably used by Hitler in Nazi Germany. It has nothing to do with Patriotism! It perverts patriotism, and uses patriotism as a means of implication, but has nothing whatsoever to do with being patriotic. Confusing the two, is a standard of most liberal pinheads, and you are no exception.
Nationalism is the belief or feeling that one's country is superior to others. Many who say the pledge do indeed feel that way. It is based on rivalry. It is not tolerant of criticisms of it. ie... people who get pissed when others burn the flag.
That's NOT what Nationalism is. The United States IS superior to others, history proves that, it doesn't have to be "believed" by anyone, it is just a FACT! That's not Nationalism, that is recognizing a FACT for what it is! Liberals are determined to destroy American Exceptionalism, and they wage their war by claiming it is Nationalism, when that is simply NOT the case. There is no "rivalry" to recognizing American Exceptionalism, it is a FACT! You don't have to recognize a FACT, you can deny it if you choose, but that makes you IGNORANT of FACTS! MORON!
Patriotism is love of ones country and an expression of that love. While a patriot may not like some of the criticisms, the patriot is tolerant of them and respects the rights of others to voice them. When saying the pledge, some people do indeed feel patriotic.
It's not a matter of feeling, it's a matter of respect.
1) Again, incorrect. Pledging allegiance to a symbol of this country does not make one patriotic. Patriotism is again an emotional connection to the country. People express that emotion in different ways. Your way does not have to be someone else's way and it is moronic to suggest otherwise.
No, it's moronic to suggest that acts of un-Americanism, is something other than un-fucking-American! To disrespect this country to the point you can't recite the pledge and salute the flag, is unpatriotic, and it doesn't matter what you say, that again, is just a fucking FACT!
2) So when they called upon the populace to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan you were there for how long?
No person's service in the military has one damn thing to do with Patriotism! NOTHING! That's not to say that some people serve to be patriotic, but some people serve to gain education benefits, some people serve because they want to see the world, some people serve because their father served... it doesn't HAVE to mean they are patriotic.
AND... Some people have medical or health-related conditions that do not allow them to serve, whether they want to or not... are they NOT Patriotic? What about the Islamic nutjob who shot up Ft. Hood... was he Patriotic? He served his country! According to your theory, he was a Patriot!
I am a 51-year-old man, the US Military doesn't accept 51-year-old men, I can't do anything about that! Wish I could, would have LOVED to go to Iraq as a soldier, but I couldn't. I did go as a private contractor. But this bullshit gets really OLD after a while, many people in America are patriotic, but never served in the military, and many who served in the military are very unpatriotic. There is no correlation which automatically ties the two together. FUCKWIT!
