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In a polarised Spain, what does it mean to be Spanish?

To celebrate the country's diversity, according to one woman's viral message

In a polarised Spain, what does it mean to be Spanish?
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L Finch | Global Voices
“Fracture” is the word of the day in Spain, where the Catalonia region's bid for independence and the Spanish government's response are not only pushing the country into uncharted political territory but also sowing the seeds of hate.

Many are warning that the crisis is giving rise to an “us versus them” mentality that is dangerously inaccurate in its simplism and uncomfortably familiar for a country that only four decades ago was under a fascist dictatorship.

If you don't support the October 1 independence referendum, which was suspended by Spain's Constitutional Court and deemed illegal by the central government, you

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