I shall explain this to Todd Gitlin. No, the problem is not your patriotism. The problem is very simple: you are not a leftist. In fact, you are an anti-Leftist (and an anti-Arab/anti-Muslim advocate too). But why do you insist on going around speaking as if you are a leftist? You never were, and you never are. So just accept who you are, and leave us alone. We are trying to sleep here.