Why am I not surprised?
How can this palpably anti-American splinter group lead the left around by its nose?
There's only one explanation: the Left is anti-American, too.
Yes, they are. In fact, they're full of self-loathing -- as Americans, and probably as individuals, too.
I think it's no coincidence that just about every time I've been locked into flame wars with leftists in other forums (fora?), sooner or later it comes out that they have serious mental/emotional issues.