Opinion of Nationalism?

[ingemann]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant

Daesh is the purest expression of anti-nationalism in the world today.

Yes sometimes I really don't get people complete lack of understanding what different kind of "-ism" really means.

Also the correct answer to this question is not FI/HI, but; "my kind of nationalism is holy and pure, while you subhuman scums kind of nationalism are unholy and a abomination against creation itself".

[pho]

nationalism
noun
1. spirit or aspirations common to the whole of a nation.
2. devotion and loyalty to one's own country; patriotism.
3. excessive patriotism; chauvinism.
4. the desire for national advancement or political independence.
5. the policy or doctrine of asserting the interests of one's own nation viewed as separate from the interests of other nations or the common interests of all nations.
6. an idiom or trait peculiar to a nation.
7. a movement, as in the arts, based upon the folk idioms, history, aspirations, etc., of a nation.

Only definition 3 seems like an inherently bad thing, and only as a matter of manners. It's people/groups who do horrible things in the name of nationalism that give the idea a bad reputation.

[SATW]

Patriotism, yes.  Nationalism, no.

....what do you think patriotism leads to?

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

...BRTD thinks ISIS is nationalist?!

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

...BRTD thinks ISIS is nationalist?!

They sure aren't being kind to the Kurds or Assyrians.

[Mopsus]

...BRTD thinks ISIS is nationalist?!

They sure aren't being kind to the Kurds or Assyrians.

This surprises you? The Kurds and the Assyrians represent the forces of nationalism; the Islamic State represents the forces of globalization. The two factions are bound to have their quarrels.

[ingemann]

...BRTD thinks ISIS is nationalist?!

They sure aren't being kind to the Kurds or Assyrians.

This surprises you? The Kurds and the Assyrians represent the forces of nationalism; the Islamic State represents the forces of globalization. The two factions are bound to have their quarrels.

The Kurds represent the forces of nationalism (which ISIS are extremely hostile toward), the Assyrians are infidel and as such in ISIS POV legitime targets.