[Debate] Does nationalism influence hatred?

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Nationalism in moderation is acceptable and expected from anyone who takes pride in the country they live in......But In excess it can really have a nasty effect on people of different backgrounds if shoveled directly in their face constantly. For example say my American countrymen developed a sense of morale after the defeat of Osama Bin Ladin but start to refute and undertone Muslims through out the country (keep In mind this is not about EVERYONE) only the select maybe million out of the population who take nationalistic pride to the extreme. Despite the tensions i know this country has under cover for them they are still people as are we all and people must open their minds to see that terrorists are terrorists and muslims are muslims...not all muslims are terrorists.....same thing can be said for really any ethnic groups throughout history not all blacks (half my race ..I'm mixed Caucasian Native American and African american) could be considered the N word because that means ignorant and a massive amount of us (now) are educated and well equipped for society but that wasn't the common belief in the past and that also wasn't the case when the ability to learn was withheld..... does anyone see how that could become a problem? What drew me to want to discuss this even if with only one person is because today I heard someone tell another person to go back to Mexico because this is America but it made no sense because before this was America was it not native territory before the colonies came settled and after so long began manifest destiny so I'm just confused on how we can all live in the same place and support the same country but have so much hatred for each other when love is so much easier to give than hate.
 

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Nationalism is very powerful when used in extremist manners, WW2 was one heck of an example.
 

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Learn paragraphs mother ****er.
 

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Nationalism is believing your country is the best, whereas patriotism is just you having a strong love for your country. Nationalism is never good.
 

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If your going to be negative why comment? Why not just go about your day I'm not here to please you with my threads

Because if you post something controversial you should at least have the decency to make it easier to read.

No one wants to read a wall of text.
 

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what i find amusing is that in america they have pride of their ancestors who done lots of near genocide slavery betrayed their country {england} say freedom and justice for all yet took em close to a thousand years to even get close to that

stole land form others believe in witches killed tons of non witches yep must be great pride in that
 

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ignorance breeds hatred everywhere
 
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what i find amusing is that in america they have pride of their ancestors who done lots of near genocide slavery betrayed their country {england} say freedom and justice for all yet took em close to a thousand years to even get close to that

stole land form others believe in witches killed tons of non witches yep must be great pride in that

That's a very true point yet many people don't recognize it
 
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