Your original comment is flagged, as was mine, but as an exercise, think about the following: Civilized people on the left are also pro-American. Is pro-Americ

Your original comment is flagged, as was mine, but as an exercise, think about the following: Civilized people on the left are also pro-American. Is pro-American really a partisan issue to you? It's only partisan if the other side is anti-American. And in that case I see no issue with taking the pro-American side. If anything is extremist, it's painting "pro-American" as a partisan activity. That's something I only see far-left politicians do. Why does the word "pro-American" trigger this emotion in you? You say you have no issue with a zero tolerance for pro-Americanism, but for some reason, using the "pro" word makes you upset. That seems quite extreme to me. They are the same statement. Sure, conservative people moght be more inclined to use "pro-America" than progressives, but there's nothing inherently partisan about the phrase. It seems you have no issue with the contents of pro-American, but only with the form of it, or perhaps the tone of it. That is not a good reason to oppose it.