>At 06:39 PM 2/10/02 -0500, Doug Henwood wrote:
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>>>there was no challenge to the underlying dynamic that creates
>>>patriotism, in any event. it's just patriotism reborn in a way
>>>people on the left will find palatable.
>>
>>EVERYONE? How's that patriotic by any normal definition?
>
>key phrase: underlying dynamic.
I'd thought the underlying dynamic of patriotism is that one's fellow citizens take priority - and, usually, that We are better than Them. If it involves nationalism, it means excluding the Others from the Great Circle of Us. So doesn't EVERYONE kind of undermine that?
Doug