Is it to possible to be nationalist toward a group that one is not born into?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I'm referring to someone here or AAD who once claimed that I was the most nationalist poster on the forum because of my dedication to my scene and belief in its culture being superior to all others. But of course no one is born "scene", it's a completely chosen identity.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Have you never heard of 'immigrant patriotism'?

That's not exactly the same thing as "scene nationalism"...if such a thing can exist.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Have you never heard of 'immigrant patriotism'?

That's not exactly the same thing as "scene nationalism"...if such a thing can exist.

I'm answering the question you asked.

I worded it kind of oddly I guess (blame the character limit), I was asking more if connection to "chosen groups" is itself a form of nationalism as at least one person seems to think.

I mean yeah I do consider myself much closer to the other people in my scene than people of a similar ethnic background or who happened to be born in the same country, but I don't see that as nationalism.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

What on God's green Earth is a "scene"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGSnzYLidbA