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EmilyAlexandra
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Apparently I can’t watch the video because it is restricted and I need to sign in with something called a G Suite account.
To answer the question, however, I don’t see any evidence that “the left” in the United States hates their own country. Of course, there are people on the far left, and equally on the far right, who hate their own country, but these people are not in the mainstream. Most people who are in politics are there because they genuinely want what is best for their country.
In Britain, I think there are probably some on the far left (including within the Labour Party) who hate this country and our friends and allies, but they are very much in the minority. I was talking about Clement Attlee with a friend of mine who is a long way to the right, and the first thing he said was, “Well, Attlee was a patriot.” He went on to agree with me that Ernest Bevin was also one of the greatest patriots in this country’s history. Indeed, I believe that Churchill himself once said of Bevin that he was the finest socialist he had ever worked with.
To answer the question, however, I don’t see any evidence that “the left” in the United States hates their own country. Of course, there are people on the far left, and equally on the far right, who hate their own country, but these people are not in the mainstream. Most people who are in politics are there because they genuinely want what is best for their country.
In Britain, I think there are probably some on the far left (including within the Labour Party) who hate this country and our friends and allies, but they are very much in the minority. I was talking about Clement Attlee with a friend of mine who is a long way to the right, and the first thing he said was, “Well, Attlee was a patriot.” He went on to agree with me that Ernest Bevin was also one of the greatest patriots in this country’s history. Indeed, I believe that Churchill himself once said of Bevin that he was the finest socialist he had ever worked with.