But I see similar things in art. People who say "I separate the art from the artist" abuse the Death of the Author concept as a cop-out to just do what they like without accepting what that means for other people.

I have a hard time in general with people who only choose to see one aspect of something. National pride tends to ignore a lot of history and responsibility to even be possible.

Some of my friends sit somewhere in the middle of patriotism and nationalism. Is extreme patriotism a thing? Personally aussie pride makes me sick and it gets rammed down your throat

We talked about my understanding of nationalism after F3ynman asked me how I meant what I said earlier

Did we talk about the one and only truth?

Maybe. Still, it's just a quote, an opinion, not the one and only truth.

I would venture that Schopenhauer's quote also applies to football teams and cities. One is basically a company and one is a legal entity quite akin to a country for this argument