Now when we have political disagreements we accuse the other side of being anti-american and demonize them whether its the left on bush or the right on the dems. Scalia may have been on to somethng.
First, it is important to recognize that the extremes of today's Left, several of whom post here, are being labeled as anti-American because they are. They hate America, they blame America for all the world's problems, and the far Left, like Obama, actually believe that 9/11 was merely "America's chickens coming home to roost". That, no matter what lighter language you would prefer, is anti-American.
The hatred and vitriol unleashed by the Left since the Clinton years has been unprecedented, and the division is a predictable result of it. The loss in 2000 was a huge contributor to it -- the Left never got over it. And this is definitely part of it.
But the truth is that the Left in America has become far more extreme -- while the Right has moderated. As evidence, one need only look at the current election -- we have a very moderate (almost left-leaning) John McCain against an extremist Obama (imagine, when in the past would the Left have considered a candidate with ties to a terrorist like Ayres?).
As the Left has become more extreme, so, too, has the rhetoric. Look at the extreme Left blogs like Huffington & DailyKos -- do you see that crap from the Right?
The Left has become so extreme that many are actually anti-American, and that's why they get the label. When you criticize America for protecting itself and behaving according to its own Constitution, that is Anti-American. These are fundamental precepts of Americanism, and when you criticize them, are not behaving in a pro-American way. |
