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Date Posted: 09:51:29 10/08/04 Fri
Author: Chris
Subject: Re: Nationalism
In reply to: UBFree 's message, "Re: Nationalism" on 09:25:22 10/08/04 Fri

I agree that there are good and healthy sides of nationalism or patriotism. It is good if it keeps the people of one nation together and creates a feeling of being one community and solidarity with each other. Many people from the time of Hitler will tell you that there was such a feeling in that time. But it is bad if it alienates them from people of other nations or creates hate of foreigners or supports an imagined "supremacy" of your race or nation. As you explained, America is somewhat special here as a "melting pot." But in Germany and Europe I observe that the nationalist parties are always those who have a mentality of hate of foreigners, who want to get rid of foreigners and make them the scapegoats for every national problem.

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