Patriotism to any degree is dehumanizing Patriotism is bad because regardless of how strong it is, it dehumanizes those that aren't constituents of whatever country one feels patriotic towards. Patriotism reduces our existences to the idea of "I'm Peruvian, whereas she's Somali, Russian, Icelandic, etc., all of which can be shoved under the umbrella of inherent and innate other-ness. We're all human beings. Patriotism creates the illusion that our existences are defined by our country, and that one person's existence is more "right" than anothers because we live in the same country. We forget that those outside of the country towards which we feel patriotic are also human beings, not just
