Challenging compulsory patriotism -- on prime time!

[Kelley]

At 06:58 PM 2/10/02 -0500, Doug Henwood wrote:
>Kelley wrote:
>
>>At 06:39 PM 2/10/02 -0500, Doug Henwood wrote:
>>
>>>>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.

nope!


>If it involves nationalism, it means excluding the Others from the Great 
>Circle of Us. So doesn't EVERYONE kind of undermine that?
>
>Doug

nope!

sheesh, for a fan of zizek... didn't you read _Bodies that Matter_?

kelley