Chauvinism

• justdoit77

  27 Mar 08, 19:50

  I notice that the term "chauvinism" is being misused here sometimes.
  To my understanding, the meaning of chauvinism is being blindly and aggressively proud of own group of identity be it country, race or gender.
  
  For example, country A fighting with country B. Citizens of country A support A even if A is wrong.
  This although is chauvinism but I am less resistance to it because a portion of this chauvinism is due to patriotism.
  It is like a son who side his mother even when his mother is at fault. He is wrong but at least he is filial enough.
  
  There is another type which is worse than chauvinism. Imagine a son so scared that people might call him chauvinist, so he purposely oppose whatever his mother do, be it right or wrong, he just want to attack blindly. To make it worst, he can even accuse his siblings of being chauvinist without the least sense of guilty when his siblings help his mother.
  This kind of person is usually more dishonest, timid and superficial.

  If everyone take the middle path instead of overdoing it, our society will be free of unnecessary disputes & accusation.
  Just my 2 cents, comments are welcome.

• Gun

  29 Mar 08, 23:37

  Can you provide an example where the term "chauvinism" is most often misused?

• justdoit77

  30 Mar 08, 07:49

  Originally posted by Gun:

  Can you provide an example where the term "chauvinism" is most often misused?

  For example, chinese chauvinism.
  I am sure you notice that also.

• Sg2008

  30 Mar 08, 08:35

  Originally posted by justdoit77:

  For example, chinese chauvinism.
  I am sure you notice that also.

  
  Please provide more detailed account of which Chinese citizens here provide what support to the China's fight with what country?

• justdoit77

  31 Mar 08, 10:24

  Originally posted by Sg2008:

  
  Please provide more detailed account of which Chinese citizens here provide what support to the China's fight with what country?

  Chinese chauvinism can possibly be used by anyone on any topic, not necessary must be chinese citizen and on china's fight with other country.
  You can do a search on the forum to see the examples, here is the link

• Gun

  1 Apr 08, 01:52

   

   

  What about ""chauvinism" in Religion?

  I had observed this is even more pronounced in uncertain groups from the way they attempt to spread their beliefs and demonizes other religions. Won't this be applicable the term's "blindly and aggressively proud of own group?

   

   

• justdoit77

  1 Apr 08, 09:10

  Originally posted by Gun:

  What about ""chauvinism" in Religion?

  I had observed this is even more pronounced in uncertain groups from the way they attempt to spread their beliefs and demonizes other religions. Won't this be applicable the term's "blindly and aggressively proud of own group?

  I think you can treat it as chauvinism also.
  But it doesn't come as often, at least not that I know in this forum.
  You have any encounter before?

• t_a_s

  2 Apr 08, 13:35

  Tang Liang Hong is a chinese chauvinism according to pap. he was smeared during the GE 1997

• Concreteshadow

  2 Apr 08, 23:12

  I think I encounter more cultural and religious chauvinism in this forum- Sometimes religious type is hidden and not revealed but one kind of develop a suspiscion of  the real attitude of the poster-

  Think the second kind can only be described as being rebelious.