Colman, if my recollection is correct, Migeru mentioned once that he had offended Page. Once someone has offended you, well you tend to be a little more sensitive than the usual reader, I can tell this form past experience, and it takes effort not to strike "back" when there was actually no intention to harm in the first place. It is my understanding of what just happened.

The problem is that we tend to write on line as though we were speaking, and sometimes not take the time to think over what we wrote before posting it. I am trying to use the wise advice provided by both Jérôme and Alex, and that even does not work all the time....

When through hell, just keep going. W. Churchill

I completely agree.  I'm not going to zero- or one-rate it.  Plenty of people seem to have done so, already.  But, Page, that was a ridiculous outburst.  You apparently forget that you're not the only American here.  I didn't see anything resembling anti-Americanism in Migeru's comment.  I understand being sensitive to anti-Americanism.  Everyone in America's Reality-based Community suffers because of the idiotic acts of the Bushies.  But that really has nothing to do with what he said.

No one has referred to Americans as evil.   Had anyone done so, I'd be the first to demand an apology.  Migeru has called out the Bushies a great deal -- that's it -- and there is nothing wrong with that.  He has been completely respectful of my views.  If anything, you should take advantage of being able to speak with our friends in Europe and demonstrate that we're not a bunch of religious whackjobs, because I think it helps to calm everyone across the Atlantic down and let them know that we're fighting the sociopaths who have taken over the White House -- and that we're finally winning, if the polls are to be believed (and, statistically, I think they are).

I think you're looking for anti-Americanism to such a degree that you're bordering on paranoia.

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