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To: Alighieri who wrote (383755)	5/12/2008 9:32:22 AM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1572777

Justice Scalia in an interview by Tim Russert noted that america is the only country in the world where the concept of anti-americanism is used. When the french left and right go at it, they never accuse the other side of being anti-french. Both sides recognize the other side as French, albeit they may demonize the opponent in other ways. That anti-american type of appelation usually is applied to a religion as in anti-semite, anti-catholic, anti-islam etc. So is the US a country and Americani a religion of sorts? Folks came from all over the world to the US to get rid of persecution. 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.

To: Alighieri who wrote (383755)	5/12/2008 9:37:30 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572777

I can easily make an even stronger argument that the worst kind of anti Americanism comes from your side. What would such an argument look like? I don't hear those on the Right bashing America. It all comes from the Left. The Right doesn't have a Michael Moore or Brian DePalma or Mark Cuban who makes anti-American movies. The Right doesn't have a Huffington Post or Daily Kos that bashes America 24/7. John McCain's wife hasn't said that the "first time" she has ever been proud of America was when her husband spoke at a freaking political rally. And McCain doesn't have affiliations with terrorists, racists, and hate-mongers. The Right isn't using race to divide our country as the Left is. Yet, both Clinton and Obama are using race for political gain. So, what is this "strong" argument based on?