Re: Do Liberals leftists Hate America?

Brian,

First off they are not liberals they are leftists.

Your friend was confronted violently in a land proud of its liberal traditions, quite shocking. As is indicated by the description of her attacker that person was probably not a leftist certainly not a liberal but a jihadist.

Your leftist friend was shocked by the violence and virulence of the confrontation and has been so conditioned to believe the attack was based solely on a rational hatred of the USA. I don't see it as a desire to hate America but as a naive attempt at appeasement. Perhaps if I cut down America for him perhaps he will stop at the pizza slap. It is not an easy thing to stand up against those who attack.

My experience while overseas is American hatred is not as widespread as is commonly thought. I was overseas in January and didn't notice any anti-American sentiment (any on display would have been over a rape case involving some marines), but saw huge lines at the visa section of our embassy.