File spoon-archives/anarchy-list.archive/anarchy-list_2003/anarchy-list.0303, message 35


From: "Dave Coull" <coull2-AT-btinternet.com>
Subject: RE: amerikan hegemony
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 02:09:03 -0000




Roger asked


> so what the hell is amerikan nationalism?  


America is one of the most nationalistic societies
on the face of the globe. The first time I visited
the USA, long before September 11th, I was astonished
to see so many American flags everywhere. There
were flags on every public building, there were 
even flags on the  _schools_ . You just don't get
that here. There were also flags on a lot of private 
houses! What's more, American schoolchildren are 
required to swear allegiance to the flag every day. 
There would be all hell to pay if anybody tried 
to introduce anything like that here. You take
this sort of thing so much for granted, you just
don't realise how way-over-the-top Nationalist
it looks to outsiders. Your hysterical reaction 
to quite mild criticism of American Nationalism 
on the anarchy list is, unfortunately, a fairly
typical reaction. 


Dave Coull


   

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