Of liking countries patriots don't like

Liking something, or someone, from a country one's own country (read: government, and its fans) doesn't like hardly should mean calling the admirer a treacherous potential criminal. The need to worry now about posting a Jackie Chan photo on social media, or praising a Haris Rauf scorcher, says a lot about national churlishness. Competitive patriotism - and competitive xenophobia - can get mighty silly.

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