Susuto

It’s very deeply seated, that’s for sure.

Herkimer56 sees anyone who questions the actions of the US Government or the US military as a “liar” spreading “hatred”. These are strong terms. A true academic would not be given to such base, emotive responses. An academic would be divorced from tribal / nationalistic fervor and would examine the facts objectively.

Hermiker56, however, reacts in a manner that suggests a deeper incongruence of opposing viewpoints. It’s almost as though he is experiencing the psycho-spiritual violence of new ideas and paradigms battling against an established, ingrained, authoritarian and dogmatic belief system.

It seems, to an outside observer, that Herkimer56 has some kind of authoritarian limiter placed upon his frame of reference - perhaps a father figure who was involved in the military - that severely restricts his capacity to entertain concepts that may run counter to his deeply ingrained beliefs of “USA! USA! USA! hoorah!”

Any new information that challenges his concept of America (that is, Rock&Roll Eagles in military fatigues flying stealth bombers for freedom) is immediately attacked and ridiculed, for to entertain any opposing viewpoint to his fairytale construct of “America” is to shatter his entire world view and cause him to reflect upon his own shortcomings and those of his nation, and thus cannot be tolerated and must be met with violent opposition.

In short, he’s The Ugly American - too stupid to realize he is being ridiculed, too introverted to realize he is being marginalized, and too arrogant to acknowledge or even perceive his own shortcomings. What a dumbass.