[TSchmereL]

There is a difference between being cosmopolitan and unpatriotic.

Benjamin Franklin, for example, was cosmopolitan but hardly unpatriotic.

Not so with todays elites. They are wholly unpatriotic, godless, and in open revolt against traditional American values.

[Torie]

Not so with todays elites. They are wholly unpatriotic, godless, and in open revolt against traditional American values.

Well, they tend to be secular, which has a positive correlation with education, but the rest is simply silly. Granted, one must define "American values." They can be defined in a way, that makes the conclusion ineluctible by the definer.

[ladyinred]

Ditto times 10 to your post.

[mjolnir]

There is a difference between being cosmopolitan and unpatriotic.

Benjamin Franklin is a good example, but I still think that cosmopolitanism is at odds with patriotism. Franklin was able to be a patriot because he put his patriotism ahead of his cosmopolitanism, not because there was no tension between the two--- this can be seen in his estrangement from his own son, who remained loyal to England.