Born Again Redneck's Daily Duh!: The difference between nationalism and patriotism

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

The difference between nationalism and patriotism

Tonight at dinner we were talking about Jonah Goldberg's contention that nationalism and socialism always go hand in hand. I agree with him if he defines "nationalism" the same as I do. Nationalism to me always seems to be about pride in one's ethnicity and fondness for and trust of big powerful government. Patriotism doesn't care about ethnicity but rather puts trust in good neighbors and distrusts government.

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: Name: Joubert; Location: Robin's Wood, State of Jefferson, United States

I'm a gun-toting flag-waving patriot and capitalist pig; a farmer and a businessman; a libertarian who votes Republican as the lesser of two evils.

I dislike group identity politics (such as those for gays, women and ethnic "minorities") and all other forms of collectivism, tribalism, socialism and statism.

I distrust government intrusion in any form. I believe in individual rights, individual freedom and individual sovereignty.

I'm also a tree-hugger and conservationist. Most of my farm is actually wild forest and I aim to keep it that way.

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From Fred Thompson's blog, Fred08 on November 26th, 2007:

More Praise for Fred’s Tax Relief Plan - Patrick Joubert Conlon at Born Again Redneck called the plan, “music to a businessman’s ears.”

C.D. Jewell,

Liberalstein,

"This blog interested me first because of the title. But the quality of Patrick Joubert Conlon's writing has kept me coming back. His style is not presumptuous or pompous or condescending; it's plain and simple. Good old American English. Which is funny because Mr. Conlon was born and lived in South Africa for his first twenty one years and after that spent eight years in England before finding his home here in the U. S. His blog provides a rare outsider/insider perspective on the U. S. of A. He's been linked to by CNN on a couple of occasions and one of his posts was cited by the official Fred08 website. He does a lot of politics but also some lighter fare as well. He frequently posts spectacular photos taken on his Oregon farm."