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Originally Posted by Manji
Well, over here (Portugal) publicly admitting to have "nationalist" beliefs is the same as raising the mob against you. Nationalist is correlated with the old fascist regime and one is immediately called a "xenophobic, racist, fascist-pig" (I've ben called that by a communist chick).
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What was wrong with the old fascist regime?
I have noticed that many times too. Ever tried to say you are a nationalist or a fascist in the middle of BE's (portuguese political party) or Communists especially when they are speaking about free speech and the right people have to hold their opinions?
Try it, it's funny to see them contradicting themselves.
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Originally Posted by Vitor
Manji, obviously you don't live in a place identical to where I live.
Here you can say anything...
you could even mention racist xenophobic propaganda to other portuguese, with no represalias!
you might receive claps!
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Perhaps, but as a general rule, what Maji said is the most common situation. Of course rural areas do not fit this rule, and the age of those to whom you are talking is also important. Most youngsters nowadays are too brainwashed to know Salazar also did good things, or that he was not a monster with seven heads -- figuratively speaking, that is.
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Obviously that bitch is living in some utopic place with no immigration problem!
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That girl just has little to no knowledge on the matter as it seems, and is not all that polite, too. Has I said above, brainwash seems to be a common these days.
I still remember one exam I had on history regarding the
Estado Novo, of course I defended it for the good things and condemned it for the bads, but my communist professor didn't like and gave me the worst grade I've ever had on history (twelve out of twenty, iirc). Of course that sounded a bit strange to me, as the answers were all correct, I went to ask another professor I knew was imparcial, and guess what? I managed to get a nineteen. So you see, when you are thought wrong even at school, it is hard not to be prejudiced against nationalism.