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Originally posted by lendaddy
Sure, I think Matt is being honest and he confirms what most liberals truly believe. There is a severe "self loathing" of the US at heart of the leftist movement. Though many if not most a leftist feel that the US is a cancer on the ass of the civilized world few admit it in public. Rather most cry crocodile tears of "don't challenge my patriotism" knowing full well the truth of the accusation.
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Thanks. No, I don't think the US is a cancer. Have we done things poorly, yes. Have we done things without regard to the sanctity of other people's lives, yes. But the world is a better place for us. It might have been an even better place had we done things better.
I think that generalization, and I will generalize here, comes from a view that the US can do no wrong by definition, and that we should not try to learn from our mistakes, because that would mean acknowledging them. Rather we should proceed in our manifest destiny to bring the rest of the world under our control, for their own good.