These UK/US flame wars are pointless.
Yanks - never forget that British troops are fighting and dying alongside American troops. 3 BW just today. Yes, we have our liberals but so do you and the liberal wing of the press, particularly the downmarket end like the Mirror just reflect the standards of the gutter in which they live (the Mirror's sales are plunging BTW). You might also reflect on how the only two unprotected groups in Hollywood movies are Brits and rednecks/Christians.
Brits - don't rise to it. There is an anti British minority on here. There is no point arguing with them and there is nothing to be gained by trading insults. There are plenty of fat Brits and I've seen some pretty unfortunate American dentition.
However, I will chip in on The Patriot. As I have posted before this film is a blood libel on the British people. The church massacre is indeed a real historical event only it was perpetrated by the SS Das Reich division at Oradour. What incenses conservative Brits like me is the fact that the film was made by a bloody German.
See http://www.oradour.info/
That deep down the Americans do and have always held us in contempt.
At the slightest provocation they trot out all the usual rubbish.
I have been on this site for four years on and off and there have been a whole series of anti Brit stories.
They seem to take an almost perverse delight in loading stories that show Britain in a bad light, stories about crime, the economy and other problems that afflict all countries through out history and then you have reply after reply talking about what a useless nation we are, with lots of anti brit jokes in-between.
The only way to deal with them is to get down to there level.
I know this is a bit school boyish, but none of these Yank/Brit flame wars have ever been started by a brit.
Cheers Tony