So you can exploit people's perfectly rational sense of patriotism to appeal to their base nationalist sentiments. Love turned into hate. Just as you can exploit people's religion, replete with love, forgiveness, charity and a solid moral compass, to get them to fly planes into buildings or strap explosives to themselves. This isn't just nuance, Dick. Patriotism and aggressive nationalism are not two sides of the same coin. One is a vicious perversion of the other. Make the distinction. Dr Johnson lived a long time ago, and shades of meaning can shift. I feel very patriotic about my country, but my brand of patriotism can't be turned into irrational hatred of The Other.