[Cincinatus]

Few if any American leftists ever express gratitude for being born in America. They relentlessly complain and malign this country. They have no appreciation, no gratitude for their good fortune to be American. That's what they do. That is who they are.

This is hardly a modern phenomenon. Gilbert and Sullivan wrote in "The Mikado" (1885):

Then the idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone

All centuries but this, and every country but his own;

[BatGuano]

I can hear the phrase as only G&S could have it sung.

Appreciation? They have no idea what it means and how lucky they are to be here. I Thank the Lord and the first of my line to come to America, back in February of 1659, from Holland, settled in Brooklyn and farmed!

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Few if any American leftists ever express gratitude for being born in America. They relentlessly complain and malign this country. They have no appreciation, no gratitude for their good fortune to be American. That's what they do. That is who they are.

This is hardly a modern phenomenon. Gilbert and Sullivan wrote in "The Mikado" (1885):

Then the idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone

All centuries but this, and every country but his own;

The Bible says that all food is lawful to the Christian provided that he has given thanks for it. It is interesting in that context that Dennis Prager asserts that there isn’t a dime’s worth of difference between gratitude and happiness. Thus the “liberal” who has no gratitude is and must be unhappy - and the Christian who gives thanks should, arguably, also express happiness.