Wars are a particularly fine pointed example of nationalism. Woodrow Wilson, Democrat, liberal, World War I. F.D.R., Democrat, liberal, World War II. Nationali

Wars are a particularly fine pointed example of nationalism. Woodrow Wilson, Democrat, liberal, World War I. F.D.R., Democrat, liberal, World War II. Nationalism a tenant of conservatism is absurd. My degree is in political science, it's not widely accepted. Nationalistic sentiment within the U.S. Republican party, and conservative libertarians? Perhaps. But that is a narrow sample. Widely accepted is the actual denotation of nationalism, which doesn't include left vs right tendencies. Consider emotional attachment, appeals, devotion, strong desire to easily identify nonbelievers, all part of nationalism. Similar to religious belief, but involves deification of the state (or some idealized future version of it, via violence, like the 2nd coming).