Posted by AuntieMel on March 13, 2006, at 9:59:44
In reply to Re: policy, posted by agent858 on March 12, 2006, at 18:54:06
"I guess I wonder if it’s possible for someone outside the US to criticize US foreign policy without seeming to be anti-American."
Sure - your post did *exactly* that.
You talked about Kyoto, Iraq, civil rights - all legitimate issues. And you did it without sounding accusing - without saying "Americans" or "you people" or anything that sounds (to me) as if you are talking about the people and not the policies.
As far as policy goes - I probably agree with you more than I do most of our elected officials. In fact, that probably contributes to *why* I get riled when someone sounds like they are anti-American.
Because I am me, Mel, not my country's policies. Sometimes I agree with our 'official' policies, many times I don't. I think of my country the same way I think of my kids - I love it dearly, but sometimes it does things I don't like very much.
And if someone said my kid did something wrong, I might very well agree with him. But if he said I had a bad kid, I'd feel compelled to argue.
Maybe if I didn't live in "the great Satan" I wouldn't be quite so sensitive about it.
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