"Conditioning obstructs our view of reality. We do not see IT in its suchness because of our indoctrination, crooked and twisted."

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Part of the problem with extreme patriotism is that it makes the support of one's country and its policies unconditional. Moderate patriots, on the other hand, see that taking morality seriously requires that our commitment to our country be conditional in two ways. First, the actions or policies of a government must be worthy of support or, at least, must not be serious violations of morality. When nations behave immorally, patriots need not support them.

— Stephen Nathanson