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Originally Posted by astra
WOW!
So much hatred towards the country where you were born and live. Why don't you go somewhere else, somewhere that you don't hate so much? I am sure there is more than enough places on the Earth where you can find a hole to distance yourself from the disgusting United States of America.
Poor you. You are forced to live in a country that you hate.
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I'm not sure that being able to identify "faults" in the country of ones birth, in it's history, in the way it does things, in the way it treats people. is the same as hating it. Being critical is part of the same Enlightenment tradition the provides the well-spring for values such as freedom of speech and expression, tolerance and equality. Values which are (sometimes selectively) thought worth promoting. Damning people as "unpatriotic" or "the enemy within" for expressing critical views, as is often claimed by those who see themselves as protecting these values (you might remember "the enemy within" was one of Thatcher's favourites - I expect to see its re-emergence over the next couple of years), is itself in contradiction to the very values of freedom, tolerance and equality.