Charles M. Blow

America is not static. America is striving. And sometimes, America requires critique. Jingoism is an avoidance of realism. You can simultaneously love and be disappointed in the object of your love, wanting it to be better than it is. In fact, that is a measure of love. Honest critique is a pillar of patriotism.

American Journalist

Morrissey

I am unable to watch the Olympics due to the blustering jingoism that drenches the event. Has England ever been quite so foul with patriotism? The 'dazzling royals' have, quite naturally, hi-jacked the Olympics for their own empirical needs, and no oppositional voice is allowed in the free press.

English Musician

Peter Berg

I did not want 'Battleship' to be perceived as an American war film. I wanted to do everything I could to make the film accessible to a global audience. It felt like bringing an alien component to the film would help take the American jingoism out of it.

American Actor

Russell Crowe

War isn't just about bravery and courage and jingoism and patriotism. It's also fundamentally about grief. And the people that go and do the fighting and the dying are never the people who actually benefit from the fighting and the dying.

Australian Actor

Bret Stephens

It's easy to deprecate some of the puffery and jingoism that often go with affirmations of 'American greatness.' It's also easy to confuse greatness with perfection, as if evidence of our shortcomings is proof of our mediocrity.

Claire Danes

Growing up in New York with artist parents - a very liberal environment, where we were always encouraged to challenge the status quo - I think for a long time I confused jingoism with patriotism. And that is a mistake.

American Actress

Growing up in New York City, I was always encouraged to question authority, and I think I confused patriotism with jingoism.

Elvis Mitchell

Black Hawk Down' has such distinctive visual aplomb that its jingoism starts to feel like part of its atmosphere.

American Critic

Jingoism has a negative tone; it suggests overzealous or aggressive patriotism.

Negative Connotation

Often used in discussions on foreign policy to critique an aggressive stance rooted in national pride.

Foreign Policy Context

Jingoism is sometimes mistaken for healthy patriotism, but it's actually harmful and confrontational.

Misunderstood Patriotism

Jingoism is often used pejoratively to describe an exaggerated, blind loyalty to one's country.

Pejorative Term

Jingoism can be emotionally charged, promoting division rather than unity.

Emotional Intensity

In modern use, jingoism often refers to extreme nationalism seen in political movements.

Modern Nationalism

 poverty worldwide has gone down. And that we should resist the temptation to retreat into our silos. And we should resist this upsurge in isolationism and jingoism. Which brings me to my final point.