Is nationalism a form of political correctness?

dilbert2

Now before I begin, I think it is to be commended that we have little tolerance for bigotry, so this is not why I am bringing up the issue of supposed “political correctness”. Instead, it is because I have been having a look at many of the people who use the term or throw it about, namely nationalists/ right wingers.

And I often find it ironic given that nationalism itself could be considered a form of political correctness, and nationalists arguments usually emotionally based as opposed to logically based, why?

Well first of all, you are supposed to love this country and all of it’s culture, history, traditions etc. even though you were born here by accident of birth. Nationalists cannot understand this, and hence why some people might not be taken by their ideologies, and therefore throw a hissy fit, or start calling names.

Same way as if you use logical arguments to say “that doesn’t make sense”, there will be an uproar amongst these people. You cannot say “well why is it that?”, or “why should we”, without getting barked back at something along the lines of “it’s because your IRISH!”, or “WE’RE IRISH, NOT X-NATION”.

One of the charges against “political correctness” is that it curtails freedom of speech, and people are not free to express certain opinions, even if they are perfectly sound and rationally based. Doesn’t nationalism, and it’s nationalist stalwarts fit this description? People cannot just suggest “well my been born he was an accident of genetics and geography at the time of birth”, or “I’m not really interested in that type of music, folklore, politics” etc. without been shut up.

I guess it’s ironic that it’s often right-wingers/ nationalists who hurl the term “politically correct” at some of their opponents, and yet it is they who have an irrational and illogical belief system in the nation-state and what everybody within that nation-state should listen to/ believe/ look like etc. regardless of whether it doesn’t make sense or not.

Mike 1972

Always thought nationalism was pretty much the opposite of political correctness until I discovered that there is actually no such thing as political correctness :rolleyes:

Other than that I hear what youre saying OP

Kevin Duffy

To answer your question, no, it's not. You're not comparing like-for-like, they are different things and you can be nationalist and PC, or nationalist and non-PC, or combine PC or the lack of it with any other ideology.

pragmatic1

Being a nationalist in this country does not equal being on the right wing or being in any way fascist. The term has very different connotations here.