America was a country founded on values. It is these values that drives the country. There are instances where we must sacrifice our individual rights in order to ensure the safety and security of our freedom as a whole. The question becomes, at what point does it become too much. At what point have we sacrificed too much, and it becomes less of a sacrifice situation and more of an infringement of civil liberties. Mr. Will Herberg says Americans are optimistic. He wrote that the American Way of life encourages unity. He perceives this unity to be a somewhat positive aspect of the American Way of Life. He implies that Americans generosity and philanthropism,which can be good, leads to the one of the negative aspects of the American outlook. These qualities lead to Americans being easily ready to indulge in conflict around the globe. American’s vision for the world is one that mirrors its own. It is because of this vision that we see any threat or challenge of our vision as a problem. He implies that our common religion is the driving force behind our idealism. He also implies that it is our idealism that leads to us considering any struggle we become engaged in as a religious war. The Bill of Rights guarantee certain rights to citizens of the United States. One of the rights guarantee is freedom of speech. This “new patriotism” is one that ostracizes anyone who does not conform to the already established American Society. This new patriotism restricts Americans freedom of speech, and labels anyone who chooses to speak against it as disloyal or communist. He employs that the new patriotism is one that goes against tradition American which were founded on the right to protest, another right guaranteed by the bill of rights.

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