But that's the thing. If you have to be spanish to say anything about Spain then you don't handle critizism very well. (And btw, you just recently popped up in a thread about Salsa to claim Spain's supposed impact on popularizing it. There's no level you spaniards won't stoop to, is there? It doesn't matter how absurd or far-fetched the claim is lol). There's nothing special about that. Sweden is the same way. People will often assume that you are right-wing and nationalistic if you wave flags etc. Out of curiosity I have actually asked a lot of exchange students if it's the same thing in their countries. And it is. Germany, UK and in many other european nations it's enterpreted by most people as a very right-wing thing to do, to wear the nation's flag, or to wave it, put it on a wall in your house etc.