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well... to be sure, having an opinion doesn't necessarily speak to whether or not someone hates or loves "America."
to determine that, you've first got to define what "America" is or what she stands for.
if an opinion promotes an ideology that is destructive to that definition... then it can be said that a person who holds said opinion does hate America.
pre-emptively, let me argue that simply dissenting (in the grand American tradition) does not mean that you love America. it simply means that the dissenter is endured because others love her enough to retain the ideals of the first amendment.
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