Always actually. And thank you.
Try to draw a
line between me [private] and Kaptaan [public] face on PDF. The two are
not the same.The [private] is
non of those things you mentioned. Indeed a ageing left liberal agnostic is closer to the mark.
However at PDF in order to draw traction and go
against the religious, sectarian extremism and their apologists I seek refuge in
ultra-nationalism. By cultivating that it enables me to stand up
against the religioius extremism, sectarinism, ethnocentric forces, trans-national loyalties like ummah etc that fracture my people. I
use ultra-nationalism to bind together Pakistanis under the green flag - thus bringing
together all Pakistanis, of all religions [or of no religions], all ethnic groups, all social backgrounds and uniting into a
inclusive "green mean machine" to quote
@DESERT FIGHTER
So don't take anything personal. It's just
business. I will use whatever and anything to further nationalist instinct in my people even if it involves scraping at
bottom of the barrel. Of course I do have
some lines and
try to stay within them- misogny, women, children etc And nationalism can be
toxic but in our part of the world we have
worse things to consider. In post-industrial societies like UK nationalism is looked down but they are past the 'nationa making' process. Pakistan is not and neither is your country.
All the best.