Being critical of a place is one thing; bearing ill will toward the place is quite another.
I want to see every place be the best that it can be. That means, first of all, fixing their errors. Alerting them of their errors is not ill will. It is the best of good will and seeing what needs to be done in the place.
I have spent a lot of time scrutinizing America because I spent a lot of time living in America. What many people do not understand is that I am fair. I am just as willing to scrutinize other places. I’ve done that with Japan, Australia, Iran, the Jewish culture, and the inner city. In neither case do I bear to the places any ill will.
In case of the inner city, it has been fashionable to call anyone who has any problem with it a racist. This is wrong. Confronting black people on the wrong things that they do is not the same thing as hating black people. I, for one, bear good will to black people. I want to see their situation improve. But they will not do it if they insist on claiming that students who take school seriously are "acting white" or "think they're better than everyone else."
In case of Australia, there are many things right about the country. But one ongoing problem is abusive treatment of women. I bear no will to Australian men. I want to see them improve the way in which they treat women. Australian women are beautiful, kind and willing to be good to their men; and it is wrong that they keep getting used as punching bags.
I have figured out a long time ago that attacking America as such is a non-starter. However there are things that are wrong with America. The biggest of these – and this appears to be chronic - is non-attention paid to such things as philosophy and the arts. Another is a vicious form of feminism that attacks beauty and love, runs witch hunts and teaches women to be horrible people. And the third is the attitude of “money talks bullshit walks” when in many situations neither is the case.
The French are critical of America, but they do not want to destroy America. This is a far cry from real enemies such as Al Qaeda. There is such a thing as a quarrelsome ally, and there is such a thing as a real enemy. The two need to be approached in completely different ways.
As for myself, I consider myself a citizen of the world. As such I bear America no ill will. Like the French I am not an enemy of America. I want to alert Americans to the wrong things in their country. And thus I would like to see America - and the rest of the world - improve.