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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Looking only at the good the U.S. has done and saying it's your duty to support your country right or wrong = dogmatic nonsense.
Looking only at the bad the U.S. has done and granting the moral high ground to every regime that has ever come into conflict with the U.S. = dogmatic nonsense.
Chomsky and his acolytes are no more nuanced that the uber-patriots they hate. You will never hear them compare the U.S. favourably to any other country, or recognize that the U.S. has done anything good on the international stage since WW2. And they will characterize every bad actor in the world as either a puppet of the U.S. or a blowback from bad U.S. policy. It's the typical conspiracy-theory need to believe in the Ultimate Agent of Oppression, the sinister force that's behind everything.
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Do you ever consider a person's self-perceived sphere of influence and familiarity when analyzing an argument? I'm much more likely to criticize the Canadian government when they violate environmental laws or human rights than I am China because I perceive that I have more influence in Canada than China and I'm more familiar with our political system.