I wish you define your particular definition of “not admirable”!
Borders of a nation are not to be sieves, through which immigrants can squeeze through.
Language and culture define a nation.
Our national language is English, German missed by one vote.
Culture is what a nation has as its historical background, or as a conglomeration, to make a nation what it has become. Our culture is unique, because we are NOT Old World Europe, or old World Asia. Europe looks at us, and calls us ‘uncultured’. But, then again, Europe has never truly been a place engendering Freedom in any of its history, now has it? Freedom IS our culture. Although the media would have you think otherwise, America is not a place where royalty is held in high regard.
Nationalism, according to Webster, is: a devotion to one’s nation; patriotism. Since when is patriotism ‘not admirable’? Tell that to the next of kin who have lost one of their’s in military service to this nation, and see what happens! Tell that to the many military veterans of this nation, who still stand proud when the Flag comes by in a parade, or at an event when the National Anthem is played, and see what happens!
Muslims running rampant, wanting to change OUR ways of over 200 years, to bend to THEIR quizzical and dangerous point of view; illegal immigrants, some dangerous (9/11, drug lords, etc), some maybe trying to get to a place to start over outtside of a life-threatening environment. And you say “nationalism is not admirable at present”.
I would tend to think you are one born after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and therefore, the world you know, is different than the world that I know.
If that is not the case, you have just earned the title of “lizardspoor”!
When I said borders language culture were side issues, do not assume I said they were unimportant. It meant they are subservient and meaningless without an adherance to the Constitution.
I never said nationalism was “not admirable.” I said it was not admirable IN AND OF ITSELF. Huge difference.
Meaning, nationalism without an adherance to the Constitution is not only unadmirable, it is worthless.
My point is that the Constitution is what should be emphasized, because THAT is what makes America unique. Not “borders language culture” which any nation should be able to boast of.
All your other points, and things that I did not say, were just straw man arguments. I never said any of those things.