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Originally Posted by Russ
With respect, yes it very much is.
Chris, this is very much unlike you.
From dictionary.com:
identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations
There are some ways in which I want Wales to benefit over others. There's nothing wrong with that in a competitive world.
You choose to take 'nationalist' on one definition, I chose to take it as another.
At best you should have settled for us having different ways of using the word. As someone who has lived here for over 35 years (I'm aware you too have spend some time here) I'm fully aware of the skewered view people have of Welsh nationalism which may well have been appropriate in the 70s/80s/90s but does not accurately (or even closely) represent it today.
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As I said ... I’m arguing entirely about the meaning of words, not the way Welsh people see themselves or their nation. You’re right, I lived and worked there, and the degree certificate on my wall says as much (yn Gymraeg).
Given the way I described it I’m pretty sure you know exactly the sort of person/political outlook I had in mind when I said “Welsh nationalism”, even if you disagree with my choice to use the word “nationalism” in that way. I guess this is just what happens when people insist on different definitions of common words. You can be sure that here in Scotland the word is only ever understood in one way.