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Friday, April 02, 2004

I've been reading Al Franken's book Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them): A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right.  In the fifth chapter (page 24), Franken attacks the conservative lie that liberals hate America. I thought his description of liberals' patriotism was right on. Consider this:

They [conservatives] don't get it. We [liberals] love America just as much as they do. But in a different way. You see, they love America the way a four-year old loves her mommy. Liberals love America like grown-ups. To a four-year-old, everything Mommy does is wonderful and anyone who criticizes Mommy is bad. Grown-up love means actually understanding what you love, taking the good with the bad, and helping your loved one grow. Love takes attention and work and is the best thing in the world.

That's why we liberals want America to do the right thing. We know America is the hope of the world, and we love it and want it to do well. We also want it to do good.

Amen and amen. 


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