I disagree.  According to my dictionary, patriotism means simply love for,
or devotion to, one's country.  One can love a country that one disagrees
with, just as one can be devoted to one's friends or relatives while
disagreeing with them.

Carol

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> Subject: Patriotism assumes that you are right and so you must kill your
> wrong opponent
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>
> PATRIOTISM ASSUMES THAT YOU ARE RIGHT & THEREFORE YOU MUST KILL YOUR
> OPPONENT WHO MUST BE WRONG
> "Patriotism assumes that our globe is divided into little spots, each one
> surrounded by an iron gate. Those who have had the fortune of
> being born on
> some particular spot, consider themselves better, nobler, grander, more
> intelligent than the living beings inhabiting any other spot. It is,
> therefore, the duty of everyone living on
> that chosen spot to fight, kill, and die in the attempt to impose his
> superiority upon all the others. The inhabitants of the other
> spots reason in
> like manner, of
> course..." wrote Emma Goldman.
> Dr. Bernarr