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Boojatta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-08 08:45 PM
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6. If nationalism meant "Americans being proud" then many Iraqi nationalists would be very confused.
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  -Nationalism: what is it? Boojatta  Dec-16-08 08:30 PM   #0 
  - It's a concept of community organization based around the people themselves, not on a ruler  Rabrrrrrr   Dec-16-08 08:33 PM   #1 
  - Your definition carries some nationalism of its own.  JVS   Dec-16-08 08:37 PM   #2 
  - No, it means that nationalism is - in let's say a pure theoretical form -  Rabrrrrrr   Dec-16-08 08:42 PM   #5 
     - "based on the people" is the sticking point. A state can be based on the people and not at all...  JVS   Dec-16-08 08:48 PM   #7 
        - What if "we organized a state for" some but not all  Boojatta   Dec-17-08 10:35 AM   #14 
  - That's a good start  rockymountaindem   Dec-16-08 08:38 PM   #3 
     - How long is the waiting period during which a shared history  Boojatta   Dec-16-08 08:55 PM   #9 
        - Those are not easy questions for anybody to answer  rockymountaindem   Dec-16-08 09:02 PM   #10 
  - None of those things on your list are nationalism  halo experiment   Dec-16-08 08:38 PM   #4 
  - If nationalism meant "Americans being proud" then many Iraqi nationalists would be very confused.  Boojatta   Dec-16-08 08:45 PM   #6 
  - I don't know why you thought that statement was exclusive to Americans  halo experiment   Dec-16-08 09:56 PM   #11 
  - Your last sentence doesn't tell the whole story  rockymountaindem   Dec-16-08 08:51 PM   #8 
  - It's a mental illness and should be treated as such.  RGBolen   Dec-16-08 09:57 PM   #12 
  - Like 'shirts' and 'skins'  OxQQme   Dec-16-08 10:24 PM   #13 
  - "Nationalism: A state of mind where one hates another's country  cali   Dec-17-08 10:36 AM   #15 
 

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