Patriotism, part 3

Is being patriotic thinking that your country is better?

Sometimes it can be but like most things you have to look at the individual. I may have nothing against the English but I would pick to cheer for America over England in the Olympics. This goes back to the faithfulness based on where you were born. Is this really an irrational way to think of it though? I am going to prefer my siblings or my neighbor over a complete stranger. My best friend means more to me than that girl who sits next to me in that class. We prefer what we know. This is nature, this is pure biology left over from when we were still evolving into what we are today. When you start making assumptions about other places such as those commies are awful, I hear they don't even bleed then patriotism is bad. A simple preference to your country is not harmful, it is equivalent to supporting the Red Sox over the Yankees.