[Sisku Hanne]

The assignment is to describe a true account of patriotism (for any nation) that has gone bad, and discuss the negative effects. But I don't think there is such a thing as a bad example of patriotism. I submit there is a difference; a dividing line between patriotism and nationalism, which obviously can be a bad thing. It's like the difference between love and obsession; one is a positive healthy expression, and the other takes it to an obsessive extreme level that can be twisted into evil. I'm interested in the opinions of others on this. Do you think patriotism is ever a bad thing?

[rwfromkansas]

Patriotism is never a bad thing. However, nationalism can be.

I would write it using examples of excessive nationalism and write in there that that is what you are doing, that patriotism is a good thing.

[SFR]

Supporting the future president is a bad thing.

[Ozob]

You’d have to find a country that wasn’t worth loving, like a brutal dictatorship. Zimbabwe might be a good place to start. Or maybe Turkmenistan.

[Outlaw Woman]

Depends on what country

[pillut48]

Sadly, today the words ‘patriotic’ and ‘Christian’ will bring a flurry of 4 letter words from left wing moonbats who claim those two words represent the worst intolerance of other humans in the world—it’s hard to believe that just 50 years ago these were celebrated by the American public. Now, many people are ashamed to stand up and proclaim themselves either one.