Patriotism- O patriotism...
According to Samuel Johnson, it is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
The thought that people honestly think that part of the country is more patriotic than another leaves me perplexed. Or, the notion that a particular political party is more patriotic than another is mortifying-and patronizing to the darker elements of a people.
My passport does not say if am of one political alignment, or from a certain part of the country- it simply states that I am a citizen of a certain country.