A Country for Me but Not for Thee | Guest: Carl Benjamin | 8/21/26
About this episode
Auron MacIntyre discusses the implications of national identity with guest Carl Benjamin, focusing on a controversial statement by Melanie Phillips regarding British and Israeli identities.
British political commentator Melanie Phillips recently made a social media post claiming that the British are not allowed to have a national identity but Israelis are required to have one. The arguments stemmed from her belief that the British were not a real ethnic group with a right to a collective self-determination, while the Israelis do share a real ethnic bond, so their claims are valid. Unfortunately, Phillips is far from alone in this belief, which has created a real barrier to robust nationalism. Carl Benjamin joins me to discuss. Follow on: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-auron-macintyre-show/id1657770114 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3S6z4LBs8Fi7COupy7YYuM?si=4d9662cb34d148af Substack: https://auronmacintyre.substack.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuronMacintyre Gab: https://gab.com/AuronMacIntyre YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/c/AuronMacIntyre Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-390155 Odysee: https://odysee.com/@AuronMacIntyre:f Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/auronmacintyre/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Auron MacIntyre
Guest: Carl Benjamin
Topics covered
- national identity
- nationalism
- ethnic groups
- self-determination
- political commentary
Keywords
- national identity
- British nationalism
- self-determination
- ethnic groups
- political commentary
Mentioned in this episode
Places: British, Israelis
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