If you could change the name of the SNP what would you call it?
I might change it to something like "the Scotland Party", just to avoid the misleading use of "nationalists" by lazy hacks.
What the SNP advocate isn't "nationalism" in any commonly-understood sense of the term. Indeed, it's basically the exact opposite. It's inclusive and outward-looking, and not based on any notion of race. All it seeks to do is say that the borders of Scotland are international borders, not regional ones, and that therefore the people of Scotland are entitled to a national democracy the same as anyone else.
What the SNP advocate isn't "nationalism" in any commonly-understood sense of the term. Indeed, it's basically the exact opposite. It's inclusive and outward-looking, and not based on any notion of race. All it seeks to do is say that the borders of Scotland are international borders, not regional ones, and that therefore the people of Scotland are entitled to a national democracy the same as anyone else.