You can be proud of anything or anyone who you can identify with or somehow are connected with, without any accomplishment on your part. You can be proud of yo

You can be proud of anything or anyone who you can identify with or somehow are connected with, without any accomplishment on your part. You can be proud of your kids because they belong to you. You can be proud of your family because you belong to it. You can be proud of your favorite sports team because you root for them. BUT if you can be proud of it for its accomplishments, you also should be ashamed of it because of its errors. Nationalists are people who love to claim the accomplishments of their country, but deny its errors. EDIT: This is not to say that one has to mention all errors everytime one expresses pride.