In a message dated 10/28/01 8:33:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, lweiger@umich.edu writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I don't think Alterman ever implied that leftists share the Taliban's disdain for things like civil liberties, social justice struggles, etc. etc. That some leftists may hate America as surely as some right wingers do hardly seems controversial. </BLOCKQUOTE> >From Eric Alterman's "Patriot Games" Nation Article October 29 2001 Of course, not everyone on the left concurs. While many nonpatriots share an idealistic    belief in a kind of cosmopolitan, humanist internationalism, some--like Jerry Falwell and    Pat Robertson on the right--really do hate this country. These leftists find nothing to admire    in its magnificent Constitution; its fitful history of struggle toward greater freedom for    women, minorities and other historically oppressed groups; and its values, however    imperfectly or hypocritically manifested in everyday life. This became obvious in a few of    the immediate reactions we heard in the wake of September 11. How could anyone say    with certainty why we were attacked when we couldn't be sure who attacked us? All they    could know, really, is why they thought we deserved it. </HTML>