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"...do you know, by your own experience, what patriotism is?"
"No... I don't think I do. If by patriotism you don't mean the love of one's homeland, for that I do know."
"No. I don't mean love, when I say patriotism. I mean fear. The fear of the other. And its expressions are political, not poetical: hate, rivalry, aggression. It grows in us, that fear."
— Jul 31, 2020 12:22AM
"No... I don't think I do. If by patriotism you don't mean the love of one's homeland, for that I do know."
"No. I don't mean love, when I say patriotism. I mean fear. The fear of the other. And its expressions are political, not poetical: hate, rivalry, aggression. It grows in us, that fear."
