Nationalism is the uncritical celebration of one's nation regardless of its moral or political virtue. It is summarized in the saying, "My country right or wrong." Lump it or leave it. Nationalism is a harmful belief that can lead a country down a dangerous spiral of arrogance, or off a precipice of political narcissism. Nationalism is the belief that no matter what one's country does -- whether racist, homophobic, sexist, xenophobic, or the like -- it must be supported and accepted entirely.
-- Michael Eric Dyson, Tears We Cannot Stop, p. 116
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