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Originally Posted by ScaringChildren
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That's exactly what you're implying.
Valuing American ancestry is not racist or white supremacist.
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No. Nationalism in almost all instances has implied that true citizens belong to a certain ideal social, ethnic, or religious group. So
I'm not implying it,
Nationalism implies it.
Calling yourself a Nationalist implies you believe that there is a select group that should be considered a citizen of that nation while excluding other people.
If your nationalism is post-scriptive as in 'Everyone who is already American is American' rather than pre-scriptive as in 'Only people of a certain group within our country are true citizens' then you're not a nationalist in concept, but by basic definition and is therefore irrelevant. Making that distiction is only confusing and creates controversy. Like claiming to be 'gay' and then clarifying 'oh no, I meant happy'.