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Originally Posted by MTVN

In what sense?

It was two separate points really. I was differentiating patriotism as I can see there being two separate branches of it. Which would be the same for Welsh and Northern Irish people as well, I guess, but as I'm from Scotland I isolated that.

But I essentially mean that Scottish heritage is different to British, so I hold more of a patriotism to Scotland than the UK.

For example, the tradition of ceilidhs, Hogmanay, Robert Burns and kilts, are just some of the things associated with Scottish patriotism if we look at it from a traditional sense. Or we could look at free education, free prescriptions or even landscape. Those are things I would associate with patriotism. I love Scotland even though I'm British. I don't know the British national anthem and I have no desire of learning it. I don't care for the Royals. I like Andy Murray. I don't like football but want Scotland to succeed if they ever play. That's all areas of patriotism.

As someone suggested, it's not about hating England. I love England. But patriotism is more than just being a "fan of the UK".