I suppose the Joel Stein's are the price we have to pay to live in the freest country in the world, but we don't have to embrace his beliefs. Just as he is free to voice his opinion, I am free to call him an idiot for saying it.
But here's the problem: Joel Stein and his ilk not only believe that they're exempt from criticism and judgement, they sincerely believe that they're entitled to thunderous and unending applause for their anti-Americanism and nihilism.
When such as these acquire the levers of governmental power, mass murder and impoverishment follow. History is my witness.
That's why J Stein and all those who applaud him should have their homes burned to the ground and then be driven naked into the wilderness.