We live in two Americas. One cherishes freedom, the other demands safety and is willing to give up freedoms to achieve it.
Recent surveys have shown a stark difference between the Left and Right on issues of patriotism and government's role in our lives. The Left wants and depends on big government, almost to a point of religious fervor. Liberals feel government is the only entity that can control the malevolence of mankind. The Right sees government as a necessary evil. Controlling the hostile tendencies of men and women belongs both to government and religion.