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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's pretty shitty how those loud people have ruined something that used to be awesome.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Was nationalism ever awesome? From an outside perspective it was quite disturbing and worrying.

[โ€“] Anticorp 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There's nothing wrong with loving your country when it is doing the right things. Displaying pride in your country isn't necessarily nationalistic.

[โ€“] stochasticity 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Okay, but we can debate whether or not America has been doing the right thing or not since it's inception. It really depends on whose perspective you are taking and which issues you are examining.

[โ€“] Anticorp 2 points 2 years ago

Sure, that's debatable and the answers will differ based on the individual subjects.