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Subject: DisNative's Cognizance...
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Date: 7 Feb 90 01:33:00 GMT
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Leonard:

First off, the Klan reference was a knee-jerk response and I apologize for it.
What I object to is the concept of 'Americanism'.  I'm very afraid of
nationalism in its various forms because it has far-reaching implications.
The U.S. has a very powerful military force.  American citizens tend to display
strong nationalistic feelings.  Since the U.S. is a democracy, the wishes of
the people (theoretically) dictate the actions of the government and military.
I don't want a nationalistic mob controlling the most powerful military force
in the world.  I would prefer that concepts like 'American' and 'Un-American'
didn't exist and we recognized that every hippie/vigilante/peacenik/immigrant/
chicken-sexer/JohnWayne is part of the homogenous mush of 'Americanism'.
People with narrow definitions like 'Americanism' are too easily led by media
and government propaganda.  WWII 'aryans' were victims of nationalism.

Geoff Fetterley