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The nation was built on ideals it wasn't practicing at the time. It has made the country a hypocrite, but it also gives guidance on what the country should be.
That there is a conflict between the ideals of the country and the current practice of those ideals is nothing new.
This is a very good way to say it.
I love my country for its heart, its people, its ideals.
I mourn my country for its ignorance, its failures, and its systemic ills.
I hate my country for what it has done to most of the rest of the world in trying to 'supposedly' promote freedom and democracy.
It's a very complicated thing, patriotism. And it means nothing if you have it while your eyes are closed to reality.