Patriotism

Govt is not nation. Patriotism is never directed or valued for govt in power. Sometime going against incumbent govt too is patriotism. Questioning failures of govt is just and democratic. Don’t judge anyone just because they are judging govt officials in power. Also the labels of patriotism if any is gained for how consistently our actions help our nation grow stronger in stature, strength and reputation in future, these virtual labels of patriotism are not distributed by bullies who think sloganeering and politicising for garnering votes and creating disruptive narratives is patriotism and having illusion that such certificates they would be distributing.

For perspective, US lost Vietnam war not because it fell weaker against locals but because of strong US media which reported atrocities of US forces and uselessness of war. Same was for Afganistan. Those true patriots were never called antinational. Some were even honoured. Seymour Myron an investigative journalist exposed notorious the My Lai massacre of Vietnam for which he got Pulitzer Prize, also received public and govt recognition in US. It was free US media which was first to expose such wrongful acts of their own country without any fear of being called antinational. Watergate too is fresh.