History UsefulNotes / MisplacedNationalism

** West-Flemish have a regional dialect that in general tends to diverge a lot from the more known and mainstream Flemish dialects that are spoken by the more general population. This is why many UsefulNotes/FlemishTVStations subtitle when a West-Flemish person speaks on TV. This also tends to anger the West-Flemish population who take it as an offense that their dialect that they can very well comprehend gets subtitled for what they see as pandering to the population of Antwerp and Brussels. Thus expect flame wars to happen whenever a West-Flemish gets on TV.

* A particularly stupid version of this occurs over the [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage differences in English-language spelling between the U.S. and elsewhere in the world]]. Typically, people from the Commonwealth claim their spelling is purer or more proper (despite the fact that both systems have evolved pretty much equally since they first split), while Americans claim their spelling is better or more efficient (despite the fact that both systems have equally vast numbers of idiosyncrasies, like most languages). And indeed, the notion that there are "two systems" is also inaccurate. Each Commonwealth nation has its own English dialect(s), which in addition to having spoken differences also do not always conform to the spelling conventions of British English. Canadian English, for example, is a unique blend of British and American English in terms of both vocabulary and spelling, which should come as no surprise to anyone who's looked at a map and seen where Canada is located. An example of how this works with several commonly-used English words can be seen [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_English#/media/File:International_English_Spelling.png here]]. Speakers of Commonwealth English love to "correct" people in comment sections for using Americanisms.

* A particularly stupid version of this occurs over the [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage differences in English-language spelling between the U.S. and elsewhere in the world]]. Typically, people from the Commonwealth claim their spelling is purer or more proper (despite the fact that both systems have evolved pretty much equally since they first split), while Americans claim their spelling is better or more efficient (despite the fact that both systems have equally vast numbers of idiosyncrasies, like most languages). And indeed, the notion that there are "two systems" is also inaccurate. Each Commonwealth nation has its own English dialect(s), which in addition to having spoken differences also do not always conform to the spelling conventions of British English. Canadian English, for example, is a unique blend of British and American English in terms of both vocabulary and spelling, which should come as no surprise to anyone who's looked at a map and seen where Canada is located. An example of how this works with several commonly-used English words can be seen [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_English#/media/File:International_English_Spelling.png here]].

*** Or North of the River Thames with the South, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne with Gateshead (or call anyone south of the Tyne a Geordie), or confuse any of the North-East English cities with one another or you'll get similar reactions. The English can get culturally territorial over mere ''square miles'' of land!
** The perception by some Scottish and Welsh people that they are run as colonies by a distant and uncaring administration in London is seeping into the north of England for much the same reasons; there is discontent in the North that whoever they vote for, they are outnumbered by a far more populous South and South-East that effectively dictates by weight of numbers who runs the country. Many northern people will snarkily say that at least Scotland and Wales now have a measure of local autonomy -- and we ''don't''. this feeling of alientation and a suspicion that Britain is run purely for the benefit of London and the South-East is thought to have contributed to the North voting for Brexit -- just to stick it to London and its (perceived) out-of-touch insular intelligensia, in a big way (the irony being the people most backing Brexit were probably the most snobbish and out-of-touch people from the South. This means some more left-leaning people in the South perceive the North as being racist idiots for voting for Brexit, especially when many parts of the North decided to vote Tory instead of Labour for the first time due to their desire for Brexit, believing the North has screwed themselves over considering economic assessments of the effects of Brexit shows ironically many of the areas most in favour of it will be among the worst hit).

** Even more special mention goes to the Wales/England feud which goes back even longer than the Scottish/English one but which runs along similar lines. The Welsh tend to feel even more hard-done-by than the Scottish do.
** English people can get fed up with being the "bad guys" of the UK -- the blame for Britain's crimes (like slave trading and empire building) tends to be thought of as an ''English'' wrongdoing (if only for the fact that "British" so often gets interpreted as "English"). Even if the other three countries benefited from these crimes, they usually get a free pass.

** Speaking of Pakistanis, saying that the country is run by terrorists or overrun with terrorists will get you an angry lecture about how only a small number support terror. Also, expect plenty of ire if you call a Pakistani Arab or imply that they should know Arabic.

** Although South Korea is not of faults as South Koreans often harbor far right nationalist thoughts that mimic WWII era Japanese ultra-nationalism. And it does not help that there is a huge ideological divide among South Koreans in a country that has a lack of freedom of press in a country with free elections.

** The concept of "Pinoy Pride" can be seen either as means to uplift the Filipinos during this apathetic and dismal times or this trope. The statements like "Proud to be Pinoy" or "Filipinos are World-class" can been seen as a form of CulturalPosturing though the latter statement is perpetuated by the media. However whenever a Filipino or someone with Filipino blood does something successful internationally, it's usually those who are in the entertainment industry (e.g. Creator/LeaSalonga, Creator/JakeZyrus, Creator/OliviaRodrigo) or winning in the sports sector (e.g. Manny Pacquaio). Though the Filipino media does report Filipinos or half-Filipinos who are successful in other international sectors, such as medicine, business, politics or science and it's only mentioned once or twice while entertainment is usually featured several times. As for sports, they'll only reported more if the person won. Seriously, how many Filipinos would rather like or tweet the news of Filipinos or half-Filipinos entering international singing competitions like ''Series/AmericanIdol'' or ''Series/XFactor'' than a Filipino-American who is Obama's personal chef in the White House?

** And speaking of the Civil War, the "Bleeding Kansas" affair that preceded it (and provided tragic {{Foreshadowing}} of what was to come) has led to an ongoing rivalry between Kansas and Missouri, a state which was heavily involved in the fiasco.

* Many forms of ValuesDissonance will often generate {{Flame War}}s between countries.

** You'll also get the glorious situation of Pearl Harbour being used to explicitly justify the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which generally heralds the comments section being locked.

** Syrian Kurds are not close friends to Turkish and Iraqi Kurds, and comparing an Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga to a Syrian Kurdish militant will not end well for you. Dismissing the terrorist aspect of many militants in front of Turkish Kurds (who are the most likely victim whenever a Kurdish group conducts a terror attack) will send you the hospital at best.

* Kurdish groups are very proud and independent, with a strong desire for a Kurdistan. Unfortunately the land they want to build it on is currently part of Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran so they clash with Turks over independence and autonomy a lot. Iraqi Arabs are a bit less opposed to the concept of Kurdish independence than the Turks, but they still don't get along with the Iraqi Kurds, as where the border is drawn will determine who gets a lot of oil wealth. Syria and Turkey nearly went to war once over Syrian support for the Kurdish militant group called the P.K.K. (and now the P.K.K. has done a deal with the Turks and is opposing the government in Syria's civil war...). Suffice it to say that any mention of the word "Kurd" online or anywhere else is fairly likely to cause an argument; stand particularly far away when an Arab and a Kurd argue about whether only {{Saladin}}'s Kurdish ethnicity should "count" (since he was undisputedly ethnically Kurdish and considered himself primarily Kurdish) or if he can be considered an honorary Arab, as well (having spent most of his life in Arabic-speaking circles and ruled primarily Arabic-speaking lands).[[note]]Then there's the person who suggests that ethnic background should be ignored, as he defended all Islam, and "aren't we all brothers and sisters in Islam?" This guy is usually very, [[HolierThanThou even annoyingly, pious]]; the Arab and Kurd may gang up on him.[[/note]]

* Much of Eastern Europe that is not Russia would prefer to be associated as anything OTHER than Eastern Europe. Poles and Hungarians often vehemently claim to be in central Europe. Estonia has few qualms with being clumped with the Nordic countries due to close ties with Finland. Latvia and Lithuania sometimes are considered part of northern Europe despite having been part of the USSR. Just don't tag them as "The East" and they are fine.

** Tied into that is the fact that, even if we accept the nationalist premise that Scotland leaving the UK and then joining the EU will be as good or better for the country than it remaining in the UK (irrespective of whether Brexit actually happens), Scotland does not currently meet the membership requirements for joining the EU. Therefore, say unionists, we will have to endure a period of austerity so much greater than that as part of the UK under the Tory government (said Tory austerity which Scottish nationalists claim to hate so much) that Scotland will end up effectively bankrupt before it can even join the EU. This dilemma only looks even more stark in the context of the current Coronavirus pandemic; furlough for Scottish workers was achieved by the UK Treasury, but would be a much more difficult proposition for an independent Scotland alongside its other financial obstacles.