I have to remarks to make:
1) There is no such thing as a supression of patriotism in Germany by “Gutmenschen” (people who argue politically correct). I am so bored by this argument. It is repeated again and again but its absolutley not true. It is a conspiracy theory by people who habe an obsession with the so called “68er” (liberals) The discussion about what german patriotism could look like occurs every two years an it is the most boring discussion you could imagine.
Let the people decide, and they have decided: they waved german flags during the Soccer World Championships in Germany two years ago, but they would never use this flags celebrating the day of german unity (October 3rd, comparable to your July 4th). You cannot force people to feel patriotic. They will do that for themselves. I repeat: The Bundesrepublik (Federal Republic) is a success story. I like this country. Many enjoy its benefits, though they wouldn’t name this enjoyment “patriotism”. The problem is, that these people do not feel the threat of this liberal society by ne totalitarism like radical islam.
2) In the past Germans acted aggressively and went to war. Now they don’t go to war (well, a little, in Afghanistan) but they still want to heal the whole world. They believe they have learnde their lesson, they became pacifists, now the rest of the world has to learn from us.
It is still agressive. It is an aggressive pacifism. In New York I lately saw a lady with an button that had the claim “I am not at war” on it. I first believed, it was an eastcoast liberal. But then I found out it was a german lady.#
It was a painful idea, that a german lady runs through the street of NYC teaching the bad guys, the Americans a lesson. The lesson how bad they are. Disgusting.
