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american (a·mer'·i·kun) n. |
American (a·mer'·i·kun) n. |
| 1. A citizen of the United States of America, of any race, class, orientation, religion or lack thereof. | 1. A white, middle or upper class, straight, and Christian citizen of the United States of America. |
| 2. One who is loyal to the United States, who does his or her best to support and criticize government to make it constantly better: more honest, more just, peaceful, transparent, and prosperous. | 2. One whose loyalty to the United States is conditional, who threatens succession or rebellion when disagreeing with current policy but who cries treason when others criticize policies he or she does agree with. |
| 3. One who believes that the government is of, by, and for the people, the tool by which we the people provide for each other and our posterity a just society, a peaceful life, general welfare, and liberty for all. | 3. One who considers the government an alien threat, justice important only for people similar to him or her self, peace a sign of weakness, welfare a form of theft, and liberty the right to force one's values on others. |
| americans believe that we are all in this together, that our government is a tool we use to take care of ourselves, our children, and our grandchildren, and that we have mutual responsibility for each other, which includes a responsibility to respect each other's freedom. | Americans believe that some of their fellow citizens are their enemies, that our government is either a tool to fight those enemies or it is also an enemy, that they have no responsibility for their fellow citizens, and that freedom means the right to trample the rights and freedoms of others. |
