Is Anti-Administration Anti-American?

In his article, The United States Government, Preston Flood writes that as Americans we should remember the great things America does and let go of the negativity aimed at the government.

Conservatives think that it’s unpatriotic to be liberal and especially to challenge the administration or government - that liberals have no appreciation for our great country.

The truth is that the people who continue to challenge, criticize and scrutinize the government are the real patriots, actually, no matter if their hearts are red or blue. Those patriots know exactly what America stands for – what it is about the Constitution and American heritage that makes the US a country to be proud of. Those patriots do not take that greatness for granted. Quite the opposite – they fight to protect what is great about our country fiercely. They stand up every day to make note that the US stands for freedom and no one, not even our own, will take that from us. They stand up and say that the US has the resources to make our country and even the world a better place and demand that our government does the best it can for everyone. They get up every morning and are thankful for where they live.

If they took it for granted, they wouldn’t fight. They wouldn’t care. They wouldn’t give it a second thought. They’d say, “Ah well, for now I’ve got mine, so the politicians can do whatever they want.” They would accept the system to be as perfect as possible and never question it again. Blind Faith.

That Americans continue to challenge and rebel is the essence of the United States. Instead of reminding the liberals who do the “Bush bashing” that America is great, the country would be better served to remind those who do nothing that apathy is un-American. It doesn’t matter if a person is conservative or liberal, Southern Baptist or Unitarian Universalist - whatever the cause, whatever the beliefs, to step up and fight for a cause, to continually check that which might be wrong, to question, protest and shout for what is right - that is America.