Hating America

The Hudson Review ^ | Spring 2004 | Bruce Bawer

[BluegrassScholar]

The author throws a couple of curveballs, but draws some interesting conclusions that Western European media is helping fuel the anti-Americanism pervading Europe.

[Physicist]

Originally posted here...

...and also here.

[dawn53]

No, Europeans weren’t Bible-thumpers—but the Continent’s ever-growing Muslim population, I had come to realize, represented even more of a threat to pluralist democracy than fundamentalist Christians did in the U.S

This quote was a doozy, LOL!

So the "Bible thumpers" are almost as great a threat as Muslims.

When's the last time a "Bible thumper" blew up a bus or beheaded somebody.

[Unam Sanctam]

the Continent’s ever-growing Muslim population, I had come to realize, represented even more of a threat to pluralist democracy than fundamentalist Christians did in the U.S.

"Fundamentalist" Christianit y poses absolutely no threat to pluralist democracy. The comparison is completely inapt and inappropriate. Not even close. If anything, it is the intolerant Left's desire to use government to impose its own moral views on the rest of society that is the danger to pluralist democracy.

[Renfield]

An excellent article, although it's a bit longwinded. I'll copy and save this one.

[Katya]

Yes, the post 9-11 Euro-sympathy for America was a blip...anti-American sentiment was live and well under Clinton too. I recall playing a board game based on a book titled "Sophie's world" in Munich with some women in early 2000. The game similar to Trivial pursuit, is made up of cultural, philisopical and historical questions...I won!
These women were friends of my cousin and she later remarked to me that they were surprised I "knew" so much, given that I was American.

[Renfield]

To a very great extent, America owes its success, virtue, and foundation, to a "Bible Thumper" named John Knox. The general model of American government was inspired by that of the governing organization of the Presbyterian Church. (Moreover, most of the Patriots that fought for America in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and the Carolinas, were Presbyterians).

[fhlh]

Don't they know, that if the muslims take over... there will certainly be NO gay marriage????

amazing the way these people think

[SMARTY]

Like the man said, "The common man eloped with history and ran off to the US of America. Mr. Jefferson and his friends re wrote the book on politics. Rockefeller, Carnegie and Ford took it from there."


That about covers the differences between the US and Europe.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

What I do remember about the Wall coming down is the lack of shame or contrition on the part of Western leftists who had spent decades appeasing and apologizing for Soviet Communism.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

IMHO no treatment of the difference between the US and Europe is complete without a reference to

The Theme Is Freedom
- Religion, Politics, and the American Tradition
by M. Stanton Evans

or to

American Beliefs
by John Harmon McElroy

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

The big picture is that nobody likes responsibility and everyone likes authority. Criticizing people/institutions over which one has no control is a form of fantasy of authority, to which no responsibility is attached provided one is not criticizing an actual tyrant.

Thus, CNN gleefully reports every wart it can find or imagine in America, free of any responsibility actually to improve the situation or to explain why it is criticizing the powers that be. The only things CNN was not free from responsibility for were

• criticizing Saddam while maintaining its Baghdad bureau and
• criticizing other journalists for being too leftist or anti-American.

CNN could not do the former for fear of subjecting its employees there to torture or death at the hands of Saddam's minions. CNN still cannot do the latter, on pain of having the whole rest of journalism declare that CNN is not objective. And that would be - the horror! - bad PR.

Why Broadcast Journalism is
Unnecessary and Illegitimate

[E.G.C.]

Media bias bump.

[weegee]

The author throws a couple of curveballs, but draws some interesting conclusions that Western European media is helping fuel the anti-Americanism pervading Europe.

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[redhead]

bumping for later...

[Helms]

An explanation is in order as to just how and by whom two dead Kennedy's and Teddy have successfully created an Institution which is responsible for the undermining of American government and fostering the Internationalization by Elites..... ( hey Gergen you tool, I'm talking to you )

[beckett]

A solid piece of the type I haven't read for a while. Worth a bump.

[John Jorsett]

Ping. A long one, but interesting.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks very , very much.

And we know where Kerry and his buddy , Ted Kennedy stand.

Elitists must rule!

I think I have another reason we invaded IRAQ; we were looking to build a new friendly country, yes, literally!

[Bernard Marx]

Bump for later.