The British do have moments of patriotism (I've certainly heard it in events ranging from football events to the Last Night of the Proms). But yeah, American p

The British do have moments of patriotism (I've certainly heard it in events ranging from football events to the Last Night of the Proms). But yeah, American patriotism has too much of the more ridiculous nationalistic / jingoistic side of things. I can't think of a Western country where something as ridiculous as, say, not wearing a pin with an American flag on it, or supposedly failing to put your hand over your heart during the Presidential anthem, would become a major political attack angle.