[CasearianDaoist]

So she thinks that anti-American perception around the world is inaccurate and unfair, and that the negative behaviors of a few -- presumably like the jerks in China -- give rise to that perception.

No, that is not what she is saying. Those few that snub their fingers are Republican patriots in the Bush administration. You are not reading this correctly.

[JohnnyZ]

Those few that snub their fingers are Republican patriots in the Bush administration.

Where did she say that?

You are not reading this correctly.

I'm not making up comments that a woman never made? So many people are attacking Republicans and the Bush administration, and this woman specifically does not mention them -- and you still want to attack because you're pretty sure that's what she refrained from saying?

She may very well think that. But I credit her for leaving those opinions out of her speech, letting the graduates make up their own minds about what constitutes finger-snubbing.