[Coleman]

[quote:40863]For the record, I'm not saying the America Bashers hate America. Only they know what's inside of them. And I know that many of them will say that they're the real patriots, because they're the ones holding the country up to the highest standards; they're the ones criticizing America to make it better.

On the surface, it sounds good. But it's only when you listen closely that you discover what they really mean: They love some hypothetical, idealezed America--one that would redistribute weath and outlaw gas-guzzling SUVs and celebrate every aspect of "multiculturalism" and tolerate every kind of thought and behavior, except, of course, conservative thought and behavior. But they don't--God forbid!--love the America that we actually live in. Only a simpleton would love that America!

...None of this, if it needs to be said, is an argument against criticizing America when America is wrong. I'm all for that. The problem is that too many AMerica Bashers only criticize America.[/quote:40863]