Do Liberals Hate America?

So I was talking with a law school classmate yesterday who was telling me of her trip to the Netherlands a few years back. Like most of my classmates, she is an avowed liberal.

She recounted how was eating at a restaurant with a British friend, when someone must have heard that she was an American. The man then came up to her and said, "F_ck America!"

The British friend then responded with a dismissive, "Whatever." Unsure that his message was sufficiently communicated, this man, apparently of Arab descent, then threw a piece of pizza in her face.

How did she respond? Being that this was not long after the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, she proceeded to apologize for all of the terrible things America had done!!

Another liberal who was listening in, a bit flabbergasted herself, said, "You realize you're playing to all of Brian's worst fears about liberals."

"Indeed you are," I responded.

Now I fully concede that America has done a lot of terrible things throughout its history, as has every other nation on earth, including the Netherlands. But I would never, ever respond to that kind of America bashing with an apology for who we are.

I don't believe that most liberals truly hate America. Many liberals have given and continue to give life and limb for their country. But the scary reality is, my classmate is not alone. In fact, she is representative of dangerously large segment on the political Left that really is not loyal to America. They really are ashamed of our country, and truth be told, would rather see the Bush administration taken down at the expense of a weaker America.

As my other patriotic liberal classmate, who was not a supporter of the war in Iraq either, responded to her, "What, should we apologize for putting those buildings in the way of the airplanes?"

Exactly.


Cross posted on Anno Domini.