The American flag: To some it’s Old Glory. To others it’s a MAGA hat on a stick.

  • AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml
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    2 hours ago

    Do Canadians also use “patriotism” as a word? Afaik it’s not used outside North America.

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      Every country has a word for it. Patriotism just means something different here than it does in the US. That’s the way a lot of things work. We share a lot of words. They don’t always mean the same thing in Canada as they do in the US, which is very confusing for people.

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        Well we were talking about the US and there surprising decline of patriotism.

        Anyway this reminds of the very funny TV show Patriot (2015–2018).