I've noticed a pretty common pattern in "hot topic" threads
like this one. In threads like this one - the author is (completely irrationally BTW) attacked for being anti-American for expressing mild criticism of the actions of the government as a side-bar to an interesting bit of news. This kind of attack is not uncommon in hot-button threads here in the OT forum.
So, I'm wondering...
If a democrat lived in the whitehouse and the dems controlled house and senate - would roles be reversed? In other words, would the conservatives now be accused of being anti-American for criticizing the actions of a democrat government/president?
Or is the right to toss anti-American epithets constitutionally reserved unto conservatives?