Here you have the second installment of the series called Myth at a Basque-phobe blog that I found a couple of days ago:
I am not even going to try to translate the non sense contained in this paragraph.
All what a nation needs in order to exist is homogeinety; ethnically, linguistically, historically, geograhically. The Basque Country happens to have all of them, although in modern day nationalism the ethnicity component does not play a major role anymore.
Now, the word he was looking for was statehood. Nationalism is a component of a nation, but it doesnt necessarily means that it will eventually lead to statehood, for statehood depends on variables that sometimes are unatainable for those who seek their soverignty.
Euskadi may be a coined word, but Euskal Herria has been in use for a number of centuries, it means "land were Euskara is spoken".
For the record, the Ikurriña was not copied from an English football team, it was designed after the Union Jack, the flag of the Great Britain.
The Ikurriña:
And the Union Jack:
Oh, and now that we address the issue of the flags, Spain today flies a flag imposed by a genocidal dictator, the real Spanish flag displays a purple stripe.
Now, Basque nationalism is restricted to a very specific piece of real state in Europe while Spanish nationalism is based on an artificial mega state that was formed in disregard of the nations that are being held captive by an outdated colonialism. So now tell me which of them is a fake.
The mere existence of “nationalism” doesn't itself prove that a nation exists. In other words, the existence of a nation is not a necessary condition for the spout of a nationalist feeling that claims it, because this feeling could be artificially created trough the falsification and invention of a history and a national personality inexistent in realty.
I am not even going to try to translate the non sense contained in this paragraph.
All what a nation needs in order to exist is homogeinety; ethnically, linguistically, historically, geograhically. The Basque Country happens to have all of them, although in modern day nationalism the ethnicity component does not play a major role anymore.
Now, the word he was looking for was statehood. Nationalism is a component of a nation, but it doesnt necessarily means that it will eventually lead to statehood, for statehood depends on variables that sometimes are unatainable for those who seek their soverignty.
The 'national Basque identity' is simply an invention. Although for some this could be hard to accept, his perception and feeling of belonging to a Basque Nation is based in huge lies, falsifications and hidings.
They have invented all: the history, the celebrities; even the flag and the very describing word “Euskadi” (the term together with “Euskal Herria” used by separatists to name their dreamed “nation”). All of it is artificial. The Flag was invented by Sabino Arana copying an English Football Team!
Euskadi may be a coined word, but Euskal Herria has been in use for a number of centuries, it means "land were Euskara is spoken".
For the record, the Ikurriña was not copied from an English football team, it was designed after the Union Jack, the flag of the Great Britain.
The Ikurriña:
And the Union Jack:
Oh, and now that we address the issue of the flags, Spain today flies a flag imposed by a genocidal dictator, the real Spanish flag displays a purple stripe.
Now, Basque nationalism is restricted to a very specific piece of real state in Europe while Spanish nationalism is based on an artificial mega state that was formed in disregard of the nations that are being held captive by an outdated colonialism. So now tell me which of them is a fake.
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