Recently in the Dail Minister Brian Cowen accused Joe Higgins of "Anti-Americanism" as if it was to be equated with anti-semitism. Should it be as legally, socially and morally wrong as anti-semitism to be Anti-American? Biffo seems to think so. He aimed to label Joe as a practicioner of the black art of Anti-Americanism.
When it comes to being anti-american Joe Higgins and the like are amauters compared with our friends in the Middle East. While Joe gives out about the US and its behaviour all over the world, those lads living in the vicinity of the Holy Land are out on the streets putting their hearts and souls into the practise of Anti-Americanism.
They are out there 24-7, burning the Stars and Stripes, making dummies out of scraps to look like George Bush, getting matches to set fire the dummies, chanting death threats and all sorts of evil on the heads of the Americans. Compared to them Joe isn't even in the running.
But Anti-Americanism is not really a hatred of the Americans. Anyone who has ever met them knows they are quite a nice bunch, very positive, a bit heavy but not bad lads. Anti-Americanism is more correctly a dislike of American foreign policy, economic policy and its interference in the government of other nations to further its own aims and interests in those nations.
My policy with America is to love the sinner, hate the sin.
When it comes to being anti-american Joe Higgins and the like are amauters compared with our friends in the Middle East. While Joe gives out about the US and its behaviour all over the world, those lads living in the vicinity of the Holy Land are out on the streets putting their hearts and souls into the practise of Anti-Americanism.
They are out there 24-7, burning the Stars and Stripes, making dummies out of scraps to look like George Bush, getting matches to set fire the dummies, chanting death threats and all sorts of evil on the heads of the Americans. Compared to them Joe isn't even in the running.
But Anti-Americanism is not really a hatred of the Americans. Anyone who has ever met them knows they are quite a nice bunch, very positive, a bit heavy but not bad lads. Anti-Americanism is more correctly a dislike of American foreign policy, economic policy and its interference in the government of other nations to further its own aims and interests in those nations.
My policy with America is to love the sinner, hate the sin.
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