I do not think patriotism has anything to do with how you regard other countries, or thinking that your country is the best.

IT is quite healthy to look at other countries and find if there are better solutions one can learn from.

Second is, how do you define patriotism, and what do you consider expressing it?

The way it is done in the US for example usually is for my opinion over the top for example, the athem before every sport event and so on makes it a little bit... i do not know.. cheap.