I'm all for free speech, and I'm not the sort to call John Kerry, or anyone else, un-American simply because they disagree with George Bush's administration. I'm not sure what it would take for a left-winger to call anyone un-American. Perhaps they would consider the 9/11 mass murderers as un-American. Well after seeing the text of a speech he gave in Germany, I now consider Michael Moore un-American. A direct quote:
"Should such an ignorant people lead the world? How did it come to this in the first place? 82 percent of us don't even have a passport! Just a handful can speak a language other than English (and we don't even speak that very well.) ..."
And another:
"They are possibly the dumbest people on the planet . . . in thrall to conniving, thieving smug [pieces of the human anatomy]," Moore intoned. "We Americans suffer from an enforced ignorance. We don't know about anything that's happening outside our country. Our stupidity is embarrassing."
He's not criticizing US policy here, he's saying that Americans are dumb and ignorant. That's anti-American, un-American, un-Patriotic, whatever. In other interviews he's said how he really loves America and wants to see us do right, etc. When he calls Americans dumb and ignorant, I don't think he's showing that he loves America.

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