How to be patriotic? Recently, the vigorous "anti-Japanese" incident has intensified. Every day when I get home, as soon as I turn on the computer, there are overwhelming news coming straight at me, boycotting Japanese goods, defending the Diaoyu Islands and marching in the streets. . . . . . Just turned on the computer last night, a friend sent a message through QQ, demanding a boycott of Japanese goods and a demonstration in Japan. She asked me to forward it to all my teams. I asked her what she wanted to do, and she said, patriotism! Russian writer Dobro Lyubov said, "True patriotism should not be expressed in beautiful words, but in actions beneficial to the motherland and people." "How can we love our country today?" This question is very important and difficult to answer, so what is patriotism? Everyone has a different definition of patriotism. Recently, there has been another Diaoyu Islands dispute between China and Japan. I will talk about my views on patriotism on this issue. I mainly look at it from two aspects: first, whether patriotism can be based on blindness. Second, boycotting Japanese goods is a sign of patriotism, but the objective effect is patriotism or harm to the country. In contemporary China, a small storm can set off a wave of patriotic frenzy, whether it is to set Japan as an arrow target for venting emotions or to publicize some patriotic cases of overseas Chinese. Patriotism has occupied the mainstream of social thoughts in contemporary China. As far as my personal feelings are concerned, every time I encounter anything, such as Carrefour incident, the stampede of the Korean Pavilion during the World Expo, and of course the Diaoyu Islands incident that has been raging in recent years, once this happens, everyone's online is immediately full of insults, student criticisms, and voices for justice, including many people who swear. I remember someone telling me more than once that Renren.com is actually a place where people with intentions manipulate public opinion. In fact, college students are the most manipulative and have no mature judgment ability, but in the end they can only be labeled as "angry youths". It is true that cynics also have the role of cynics. They are depth charges, who let us less sensitive people know what happened. But there is a limit to everything. If we say that it is just to alert everyone and tell us that the national strength needs to be strengthened and the quality of the people needs to be improved, the starting point is good. But if it disturbs the social order, even causes social unrest and brings trouble to the country and the government, then I don't understand. Have you ever come back to the original intention of doing that? Occasionally looking through the history of the Song Dynasty, I found that during the 60 years of Feng Boting's unjust imprisonment, Yue Fei was an official taboo in the Southern Song Dynasty, and even the speaker was guilty. It was not until Song Xiaozong that he was rehabilitated. Later, with the official evaluation of General Yue Fei getting higher and higher, Yue Fei changed from a sinner to a patriotic totem. In the history of China, such examples abound. As far away as Yue Fei and as close as Yuan Chonghuan, when Yuan Chonghuan was executed by Ling Chi, the people in Beijing fought for his flesh to vent their indignation against "traitors" and hit Yuan until Emperor Qianlong turned his back on Yuan Ping. Reading history here makes people angry. In modern China, where mountains and rivers are crumbling, the Confucian belief that everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world is infinitely magnified by reality. As a result, the Enlightenment was cut off by the patriotic movement, and the state undoubtedly played an important role in it. Patriotism has become a sharp weapon for the state to manipulate public opinion and pass on domestic contradictions. Countries collude, Yuan Chonghuan can have an affair with Manchu, and the prime minister of Qin can be anti-Jin Liang Dong. In the case of absolute asymmetry of information, public opinion has always been the object of manipulation, and public opinion is not raped, but obviously raped. If you only accept controlled education and media publicity, you will be blindly fanatical. This is not patriotism, but a cockfight with stimulants. If you are blindly fanatical just because of the actions of people around you, it is not patriotism, but blind obedience, impulsiveness and emptiness. If you are blindly fanatical because you can get benefits without taking risks, it is not patriotism, but cowardice, vanity and speculation. Pseudopatriotism is not only focused on this, but China's patriotism is understandable to a great extent. As the old saying goes, taking history as a mirror can tell the gains and losses. This sentence is not only the motto of the ruler, but also a steelyard in everyone's heart. After reading the patriotism of the ancients, I think the answer is unknown. Looking at the second aspect again, I find that every time Sino-Japanese relations are involved, the words "boycott Japanese goods" will 100% appear with the characteristics of BLACKPINK. As everyone knows, this is just a very naive performance. In this era of economic globalization, it is undoubtedly nine Niu Yi hairs, which is extremely stupid. At that time, the "Truman Doctrine" implemented by the United States against China did not declare bankruptcy. Why do we have to follow suit now? Patriotism is not to resist Japanese goods, but to understand that to surpass Japan, we must first respect Japan and learn from it. Respect is the expression of self-esteem, and learning is the forerunner of transcendence. I once read an article on the Internet, which probably talked about how great and powerful China is, and then what Japanese is not worth mentioning. Not to mention the authenticity of that article, it has a strong subjective color of so-called love. However, I think patriotism is not bragging about what our ancestors created, but what we can leave to future generations. Patriotism is not clamoring for the liberation of Taiwan Province Province by force on the Internet, but it wants to know why Taiwan Province Province is alienated from the mainland and see what enlightenment Taiwan Province's political progress has given us. Patriotism means bravely defending one's freedom and rights, so that the country will understand that its power has boundaries and become competent and lovely. Patriotism means working hard and creating wealth. Give full play to my potential so that I can support myself, my family and my country. Patriotism means telling the truth and doing practical things. If my country won't let me do this, I will stand up bravely, criticize it, improve it and rebuild it. Patriotism means that when the country infringes on my rights and interests, someone must stand up and protect my own rights and interests. If I do this, my personal freedom and rights will be guaranteed and our country will become legal, civilized and civilized. As a noble sentiment, "patriotism" always feels that it is quite inappropriate to talk about it too often. Patriotism is not empty talk, some radical remarks and actions, it is manifested in all aspects, as long as we have the heart, we will certainly make contributions to the country. Patriotism doesn't have to have earth-shattering achievements. Everyone should do his own thing and not let himself become a burden to the country, such as the object of relief. This is the best way for him to love his country. You educate your children well and become useful talents in the country, which is the best patriotic move you can do; Everyone does his job and makes the state machine work normally. If it is a screw, it should play its role. That is the best expression of patriotism. If you not only do the above behavior, but also help more people to do it, then you are the pillar of the country, and that is true patriotism!