Show me an example of someone calling anyone anti-American. (Michael Moore excepted. Your take on him is WAY off IMHO).
Yeah, sure there are lots of nutty commentators on BOTH sides. I don't see how you can credibly say the political scene is dominated by conservatives
Are you claiming SE is staunchly conservative? Seems to me to be fairly evenly divided. Let's see a count. I'll even let you call me a conservative, though I'm not.
You want to see some really offensive left wing websites? I can show you plenty. It cuts both ways. What I am saying is that this is not common in today's society.
If Suzuki's complaint is valid why doesn't he provide evidence? Why doesn't he cite a pundit who is calling him or anyone anti-American? It should be easy to do if it is indeed common. I think he's a crybaby who can't tolerate others' points of view, actually.
Wish I had expressed my views as clearly or in as timely a fashion. This is from one of Canada's best known scientists and broadcasters on science and the environment. He's about 10 years older than I, that makes him 68.
This was published a week after the election.
Don't Mistake Criticism of the US for Contempt
"Yet now those who dare criticize the choice of the slim majority of American voters who picked Bush are being accused of being anti-American. Well, if being anti-American means being against the war in Iraq, supportive of women's rights, supportive of progressive environmental policies, against the missile defense system, supportive of stem-cell research and supportive of same-sex marriage, then sign me up. But I don't believe it does.
"Simply disagreeing with that slim majority of voters does not make a person anti-American. In my youth I received a scholarship from an American University worth more than my father made in a year and it allowed me to attend one of the finest colleges in the world. Later I earned a PhD there and I am forever grateful to Americans for that. When I returned to Canada, I could not compete with my peers elsewhere in the world because of the poor funding available in Canada at the time. I stayed because I received a large U.S. grant. I will never forget the generosity of the U.S. and owe a huge debt of gratitude.
"But it is precisely because I love America that I am so profoundly disturbed by what is going on there. Unquestioning acceptance of the status quo isn't exactly an American ideal. In fact, it strikes me as decidedly un-American.
"So yes, when 52 per cent of Americans vote for Bush, I will say that I think they made a mistake. And when 11 states vote overwhelmingly to ban gay marriage, I will speak up. Disagreeing with a ban on same-sex marriage is not a matter of being out of touch with "American values." It's a matter of human rights. When one group in society is singled out and repressed and not given the same opportunities as others, then their rights are being violated. That is simply wrong. It doesn't matter if the majority of people voted for it. You can't vote away human rights."
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/about_us/Dr_David_Suzuki/Article_Archives/weekly11120401.asp
Sorry if this looks like trolling for conflict, it's not. But it does clearly express both my view and the views of what I believe to be a majority of native born Canadians, as well as the views of much of Europe.
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