“Until we realize that person is a person, that a person can be good or bad, that a person can be corrupt or uncorrupted, and not divide oruselves based on nationality, because we can not say ‘I am against nationalism, but against theirs, because theirs is bad nationalism is bad and mine is good.

Nationalism as a phenomenon in a society should be minimized, because nationalism definitely brings with it some superiority over others, that I am better, my nation is better, or my nation at this moment is in some danger, I am here to I protect it, to fight for the rights of my nation, we are endangered, denied, and so on. On the other hand, we have patriotism, which arouses some special feelings in me and I consider myself a patriot because I love my nation, my national identity, but I do not consider myself superior to others or different from others because as we said, it matters whether a person is human or whether he is good or bad.”

Mersiha Smailovikj

Смаиловиќ: И „нашиот“ и „вашиот“ национализам е еднакво лош(Smailovikj: “Our” and “your” nationalism is equally bad)

21.8.2020