Patriotism. (First published on this Blog in 2010.)
We've had eleven guides during this Asian trip and apart from the excellent but heavily-accented English, they've all had one thing in common.All have been unable to disguise the burning love that they
possess for their individual countries.
Come to England however and welcome to the depressing catalogue of:
"Patriotism is just the same as nationalism and Hitler was a nationalist!"
"We are all part of something bigger than mere nationhood."
"Patriotism is the slippery slope."
"Patriotism - what a good substitute for thinking."
"Patriotism? Oh. My country right or wrong, eh?"
And on top of this, we have all those who triumphantly state, "Patriotism is
the last refuge of the scoundrel" being too dim-witted to recognise that the
quote is no criticism of the concept of patriotism at all - but refers to how scoundrels will pretend to be patriotic.
Such are our liberal left. They have made us feel guilty. They celebrate
Welshness, Irishness and Scottishness and call Englishness 'racism'. They
may occasionally concede that 'British' is marginally less awful than English.
These same hypocrites would almost have wet themselves and would have
purred with delight to note the attitudes of our guides.
Let us not forget that for around a 120 years now, the incredibly influential
Fabian Society has weaved its sinister magic in trying to gradually destroy
the nation state altogether.
Continuing support for the EU from the liberal left is certainly no accident!
