The effect of identifying as patriotism ideas that have no relation to it

The Royal Spanish Academy defines patriotism as "love of one's country" and as the "feeling and conduct of a patriot."

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Obviously, love of country is not exclusive to a certain political position, although there are some that are incompatible with it (such as, for example, separatist movements that seek to break national unity). If I tell you that I consider myself a patriot (I'm not making anything up, because I love my country) I am communicating to you my relationship with my country, but I am not offering you information about my way of thinking on other issues that are also very important.

That is why I define myself as pro-life and as a liberal-conservative. In these two ways, I express very clearly my position on a very important issue in the public debate (the defense of the right to life) and my alignment with ideological coordinates that defend democracy, the small State, Christian values, Western culture and the free market.

Let's imagine for a moment that two people who call ourselves patriots defended radically opposite positions on abortion. Would I be less patriotic if I criticized a politician who considers this monstrosity to be a "right"? Obviously, I don't think so. However, we are reaching a very strange point in the political debate, where we run the risk of simply defending patriotism and ignoring other things. Should I identify with a political figure who supports abortion simply because he defines himself as a patriot?

My answer to the previous question is a resounding NO. In fact, I believe that patriotism is degraded if someone uses it as a platform to defend atrocities against other human beings, such as abortion. Something like this has already happened many times in the last century, when some, speaking in the name of the Fatherland, defended all kinds of barbarities, contributing to discrediting patriotism.

This is a personal blog and therefore I express a personal opinion that may not please many, but for me it is inalienable: my ideal future does not involve giving my trust to anyone who defends abortion, no matter how much they camouflage that support under the flag of patriotism. I do not see any hope for anyone dedicated to politics who defends that monstrosity, in the same way that I would not see any hope in someone who appeals to patriotism and at the same time defends communism.

The sad thing is that we are reaching a point where expressing these things makes you something of an outcast, even among those who claim to defend the same principles but turn a blind eye to some people simply because they call themselves "patriots." Something that already happened to me, for example, with an article published in December in which I warned about a "patriotic" protest called by a far-left group that supports North Korea. Strange times.