They may be conservative, but are they pro-American? I haven't seen much of the latter.
Ahh...a polentone! My family are all terroni (Lazio/Molise). But my cousin married a guy from Lombardia...he likes to tick his anti-American countrymen off and wears a cowboy hat when he goes back. :)
I'll tell you this. There's not a great deal of love for America in my family there. My parents are always defending the U.S. to my cousins and aunts/uncles. And they are not university-type leftists.
Sorry for your relatives, but that is no evidence of widespread anti-americanism in Italy.
The point is: yes, we have folks who dont love America, and yes, anti-Americanism is pretty cool for the leftist “intellighenzia” but all in all Italy is not exactly the most anti-american country in Europe: we watch tons of american movies, we listens to american music, we put english words in our speech to make it “cooler”, and our leftist party is called Democratic Party... LOL
Sorry if you feel hated but hey, you live in America, so don’t complain! ;-)