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John Laurie's avatar

When a politician of any persuasion uses the word ‘patriotism’, my bullshit detector goes off. The word has been devalued dramatically in recent years because of its usage by MAGAts, such that it should engender little but suspicion.

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Mark Phillips's avatar

Agree but … for a long time jingoism and patriotism have been the banners behind which right wing nut jobs hide and own the concept of ‘patriotism’. I believe Albanese’s use of ‘progressive patriotism’ is clumsy but I believe it is an attempt to wrest from RWNJ the concept of ‘patriotism’. Which in my mind not a bad thing.

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