Quote Originally Posted by Throbert McGee View Post
I absolutely do NOT think that all self-criticism of America (or the West) by Americans (or Westerners) is "oikophobic" -- nor do I mean to accuse anyone on this thread of "oikophobia." Vigorous criticism of oneself or "one's own" can be healthy. But I think it's worth remembering that xenophobia -- which is an irrational degree of contempt for the strange and foreign -- sometimes does have an exact opposite, namely an irrational contempt for the people next door.

And I agree with the famous writer "Anne Onymous", who famously said that "A hatred of the bourgeoisie is totally bourgeois."
Maybe you misinterpret my frustration for "hate."