What if anything do libs love about America?

Question

Given their beliefs that America was founded by racists and slaveholders, that it is an imperialist nation, that 35 million Americans go hungry, that it invades countries for corporate profits, and that it is largely racist and xenophobic, it is a fair question.

Steve C...another thoughtful answer...thanks...............

sSupercridic....I'm just shaking my head...lol

thehermonator...you mean the ones who feel the need for simplton sayings because they feel the ones they are trying to convince have short attention spans...sayings such as: Bush lied...its all about oil....the war is lost...is that what you're talking about???.....

*Note: This is mainly "Sarcasm" 1.A taunting, or contemptuously ironic remark. 2. The use of sarcasm.

artfan21...you had me up to the childish, uninformed, and a broad generalization of the worst kind of divisive right wing crap thing....lol

CAPTAINOBVIOUS:...I stand and applaud!!! GREAT ANSWER!!

Answer 1

I don't think one can be optimistic without a happy disposition. I don't think people are happy without the capacity for gratitude. So it makes sense to those who just expect things to be done for them or given to them, would move over time from gratitude to gripes, and then an increasingly negative view. I realize not everybody can be optimistic. I realize not everybody has it in them. The natural disposition of the human being is to find the negative. We all do it. We all inflict suffering on ourselves. We tell ourselves stories about the future that are going to have a bad outcome, and we can't possibly know, and then we sit around and we stew about it. "Oh, no, I just know this isn't going to work, oh, no. I know I'm going to get caught, oh, no, I know that's not going to work, oh, no, the price of oil I know is going to go to 150." You sit around and you suffer about all this. The point is, if you don't have the ability to have gratitude and the way this is relevant to me is, we live in the greatest country on earth.
We have a lot to be thankful for in this country, particularly that we live here, particularly that as human beings on this planet, we live and make up and comprise the United States of America. The gratitude of that alone, if people could just harness that, then the root of optimism could be found there. Because if you have, as I do, a profound appreciation for what this country is and how rare and unique. You ever wondered why, throughout the history of human civilization, less than 300 million people, in less than 250 years, have created the world's greatest empire? We're all human beings on this planet, just like everybody else. Nothing special about us, in terms of the way we're made. There's nothing really special about where we live. It's how we have organized ourselves and conducted ourselves. That question alone, and its answer, creates awe in me.

I have a vast appreciation for what this population of people since our founding has created, and there in lies a foundation of gratitude. When you have an appreciation and an understanding of what this country is and what's possible here, well, then you have the ability to be optimistic about the future, if you think about it this way. But if you take it for granted because you've either never thought about it, or because it's never really been taught to you in the proper perspective, and, of course, these days there's a lot of anti-Americanism being taught in the schools via the multicultural curriculum and so forth, if you expect that being an American simply means you're entitled to low gasoline prices, if you think that being an American means you're entitled to somebody taking care of your health, and then when things go wrong and you haven't learned how to provide them for yourselves, you are going to get mad and think your country is going to hell in a handbasket because it's not doing anything for you. Does New Orleans and Katrina strike a bell?

Answer 2

Well....America WAS founded by racists, and slave owners...it IS an imperialist nation, by definition,(Imperialism is the forceful extension of a nation's authority by territorial conquest establishing ECONOMIC and POLITICAL domination of other nations that are not its own colonies.) now we may call it other things, but use your head...Millions of Americans DO go hungry....and I think by and large, if we are honest, most people in this country are on some levels xenophobic.
I consider myself a liberal, and I love everything about this country...the good and the bad...it's all part of our history, and what makes us...us. The thing I love the most is the fact that we can disagree...with each other...with our government...and we have the right to do so. I am free to say that your implication that liberals don't love this country is childish, uninformed, and a broad generalization of the worst kind of divisive right wing crap....and you are free to disagree with me...Isn't that great?!

Answer 3

I love the possibilities that exist in the U.S..

Now if only we could get more people to stop taking advantage of possibility for their own personal selfishness at the expense of others things would be better!

I also have been fortunate enough to see nearly every state of this union and America is a beautiful country with many interesting and wonderful people that I have been lucky enough to meet.

Answer 4

You have put liberals in a very bad position by asking this question. Liberals will not go on record, saying they hate America and want to over-throw our way of life, to become a socialist nation..

Liberals learned when they (literally) spit on our troops and showed their true contempt for our military, they are still wounded from that experience.

Do you recall who was horrified when our country pulled together after 911? It was liberals, who felt threatened like a vampire in sunlight, when the USA was briefly unified. Since 911, liberals have worked hard to divide the country and to disparage everything America is based- capitalism, freedom, patriotism, faith, marriage, the family and the military.

Answer 5

We love that our opponents are so inept, illiterate, and gullible.
The people who have been programmed to hate us, are so small-minded as to be no match at all for our evil Marxist agenda.
We love all the wealthy conservatives who's money we can tax and redistribute, and all the starving waifs and widows we can exploit with our welfare programs.
We love the fact that our low income, working class supporters are totally convinced that we are the party of the people, and we like that they are deprived a decent living by the Republican Wealthy, and so will always vote for our candidates.
I could go on-and-on, but I've already exceeded your 15 second attention span, so why bother ?

Answer 6

I can't speak as a liberal but I can defend them. Most are patriotic Americans that love the country despite it's short comings and yes we do have some. Liberals are dreamers by nature, and that is alright, we need the dreamers too. Conservatives are realist by nature and we also need that. We do many, many things right, and we conservative like to fixate on that, while the dreamers want better and more. Nothing wrong with the two being divided, thought and conflict bring forth new ideas and growth. As a civilization we need both types to move forward. The only real difference is on the way to get there.

Answer 7

As a liberal (even, dare I say, libertarian?) I can try to take a crack at this.

Yes, many of us have strong criticisms for our country. That is, in short, what I love about America. I love that our nation was founded on the idea that we should be vocal about our criticisms, and never become complacent. I love that our Constitution not only allows, but DEMANDS that we hold our politicans and their policies to the strictest standard, and that we replace them if we are not satisfied.

I love the ideals that our founding fathers believed in. Anyone who fails to critique our nation is frankly forgetting the most basic principles that form the foundation of our country.

Answer 8

Actually there is very little not to like. I know many liberals and conservatives and none of them dislike America. They are generally dissatisfied with certain elected officials, especially the highest, and the job they are doing but they realize that America is in a funk right now. We have been in funks before and pulled out. We will do it again.

Answer 9

We love everything about it. With the exception of Bush and friends. This country is beautiful. We will to do eveything possible to keep it this way.

Answer 10

One of the most American things you can do is call a politician out when they are doing wrong. We do not have to sit by blindly while our civil liberties are being limited, each time being told "it's because of 911." Bullish. Facsism at its best.