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Originally Posted by Professor S
You intimated that all Americans have flags waving outside of their homes, and on their desks, and have great big American-flag Cosby sweaters that they wear all the time. This is silly, of course, and a stereotype. Its a stereotype of a nation, not a culture or ethnicity. Meanwhile you said that Canadians don'y NEED to have flags on their desks to realize they love their country, implying that Canadian patriotism is somehow better or more pure and that Americans need to constantly remind themselves to love their country. This makes the comment extremely NATIONALISTIC.
I really don't see what was so confusing about it that it needed to be explained further...
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I didn't mean that all are. I have american relatives and friends, and I realize that most do not have a flag on the desk/outside of their house. I don't think Canadian patriotism is any more pure or that Americans need reminders, I was just saying that I don't believe either country is more patriotic or nationalistic (as you seem to feel ours is more nationalistic and yours is more patriotic, patriotic seen usually as a nicer thing to be than nationalistic). The fact is, there are more American flags to be seen in the states than Canadian flags to be seen in Canada, or at least that's what I've found in my experiences with the countries. I don't find it to be a bad thing in either case.
You might want to change the way you're reading what I say, because you're taking one thing and running a completely different way with it.