How to treat the Boxer Patriotism?

While expressing patriotic enthusiasm, people should also realize that they should be rational, civilized, patriotic and law-abiding. Patriotism does not need populism and violence, and it does not need to be at the expense of normal domestic social order; If you want to be patriotic, you must say no to "beating, smashing and looting".

Although a few "patriots" violently beat, smash and rob, their social harm is considerable. It is reported that online patriotic car stickers are selling well recently, and the buyers are mostly Japanese car owners. There are also some Japanese restaurants, even if the owners are all from China, they should put up patriotic slogans to show their compatriots' identity. They are all worried about the safety of their property.

Some "beating, smashing and looting" phenomena in various places show that the personal "patriotism" direction is wrong. They may not realize that today's patriotism is different from that of 100 years ago. Patriotism is no longer just the content of nationalism, but to build a modern country ruled by law, civilized and democratic on the basis of nation-state. Contemporary patriots are also citizens of this country.

Now, true patriotism is to bid farewell to the "Boxer" patriotism. Can't say, because of patriotism, so you can do whatever you want, lawless. It cannot be said that on the issue of protecting fishing, we can abandon the law and harm the legitimate rights and interests of other citizens on the pretext of safeguarding national interests.

On the one hand, we continue to appeal to the people to be rational and patriotic, and to be patriotic citizens, instead of being thugs who "harm the country"; On the other hand, it is also necessary for local government departments to actively assume the responsibility of maintaining social order and bring individual people who "beat, smash and rob" under the banner of patriotism to justice.

On September 13, Shenzhen police confirmed that four people had smashed Japanese cars during the boycott of Japanese goods on August 19 and had been arrested with the approval of the procuratorate. In a country ruled by law, this is the right thing to do. Local governments also need to be more active in fulfilling their responsibilities, not just investigating afterwards, but making emergency plans to maintain good social order. When some illegal and criminal acts appear, decisive measures will be taken in accordance with the law to stop them in time, with a clear attitude and strong measures to ensure that citizens' legitimate property is not infringed.

Patriotism does not make the country worse, but makes the country better. Patriotism needs to defend both national interests and values. When people express patriotic enthusiasm, it is commendable to obey the law rationally. Only in this way can we show a country's powerful internal strength to the outside world.