>From an outside perspective the extreme nationalism over "what is Macedonia" just gets weird. As in riots over a name change; Name changes, in countries that

>From an outside perspective the extreme nationalism over "what is Macedonia" just gets weird. As in riots over a name change; Name changes, in countries that have witnessed recent 2-3 centuries history from within "hot zones", are not just some insignificant detail, they are often driven by and soon enough accompanied with territorial and other claims. But even the part about not wanting some other to claim your legaly itself is not that weird. It's cultural appropriation at a national level.