"What do you hate about this country" the older man asked the son in law? This was not because of any action that the younger man had done against the United States. It was simply because the younger man had the gall to stand up for his beliefs. Those beliefs conflicted with those of the older man, and that and that alone was the gray beard's reason for his question.
It does not make any difference on which side of the current issues the two men have found themselves. Both of them know in their hearts that the other loves our country and would do nothing to bring hurt to it. But, political discussion today simply does not allow us to remain civil, I guess. We have to go after the other person's very core love of country in order to outdo anything that they might say.
The old man was being uncivil, and that is un-American in and of itself, for it is on civility and rule of law that we base the principles of the country. The act of accusing a political foe of hating our country is a statement by the accuser that he really does not understand the founding principles of the country. It does not show that he hates this country, but simply that he has replaced the concept of our country with the concept of his country, the very definition of incivility.
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