Today I was reading the horrible story in the New York Times about prison rape in Iran. It’s been a problem for a long time and largely ignored by the state of Iran. This isn’t very surprising; Iran turns a blind eye toward a lot of human rights violations. The Times discusses how young women are raped prior to execution so they “don’t go to heaven.” It’s a very disgusting practice.
At the end of the story are the usual comments, and that’s where the self-loathing begins.
Those who try to picture America as high on the horse of morality are fools that are being led blind by their low instincts, not civility. Let’s stop trying to diabolize others, when here, we are worst that all the Arabs put together. Their capacity to do evil is not as big as ours, ergo, evil didn’t meet evil until it met us. — Fathertime4
Why do some members of the left hate the United States so much? This story has nothing to do with the United States but most of the comments are from leftists complaining about the United States. If the United States is so horrible why are these clowns in favor of larger government?
Guess what, the U.S. is not the becon on the hill in terms of human rights or democracy anymore. We advocate prisoner rape, torture, and hold suspects indefintely without due process or the right to challenge evidence against them. The becon on the hill torch has been passed to progressive northern European nations (Canada?). Human rights must apply to all if they are to apply to anyone. The biggest shame for me is the fact that we have to explain away our endorsement of abuse. — James
The United States advocates prisoner rape and torture? I guess if this is a person’s worldview I could understand why someone would hate the U.S. It’s a ridiculous statement by any stretch of the imagination. These self-loathers all need to take a class on and in reality. This isn’t a perfect world and there are no perfect countries. Liberals have perfected the the faux parallel. Governor Mark Sanford is a scumbag who cheated on his wife, so he shouldn’t be in public office. President Clinton is absolved because Thomas Jefferson slept with his slave. Senator Helms was a terrible politician because he was from North Carolina and he must be racist. Senator Kennedy was a saint, and if you want to talk about manslaughter don’t forget Laura Bush. Oh yeah, Senator McCain lied about being a POW.
Why haven’t liberals used this same standard for the country they live in? The United States isn’t perfect, but neither are the Germans, Japanese, French, English, and Italians. The sin of slavery didn’t start in the United States. Racism isn’t just an American problem. What is the model nation for these liberals? The closest I can come to is My Little Pony Land, but the land would end up decimated in a long and bloody war when the ponies were forced to live under the rule of a bunch of left-wing Utopian wackoes.
“Why do some members of the left hate the United States so much?”
Probably for the same reason why some members of the right hate the United States so much.