You are reading a single comment by @starfish&coffee and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
@starfish&coffee
Echoing that sentiment. Seems to me that the English speaking world often uses the word nationalist as interchangeable with racist, xenophobe, fascist and so on.
It's just not the case. To be a nationalist means wanting your people to have a sovereign nation of their own, i.e. not being subjects of the Russian federation, the British Empire, the Austro-Hungarian whatever.. and so on. It's a sentiment that can overlap with racism, but can just as well be the agenda of inclusive, left leaning movements – depending on circumstance.