Does disliking the US Government inherently make you Anti-American?

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Yes.

No.

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Can't you be both a dissident towards your country's government and a patriot?

No, I'm not talking about merely disliking just a ruling political party. I mean disliking your system of government and what it does/has done at its core.

If you despise the American government, does that necessarily mean you despise the American people?

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No. A nation is not synonymous with its government or its president. Wanting to change things for the better does not make you opposed to, unsupportive of, or antithetical to the nation. Especially since this argument is often used hypocritically. The same people who denounce others for wanting to change things want things to change themselves. They just want [i]different[/i] things to change (like outlawing abortion or deporting all illegal immigrants en masse).

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@Dexterdextroid Some of those people may be anti-American, sure. I'm just saying that criticizing the government or calling for change per se is not anti-American. Some of the people doing so may be, though.