“ The concept ‘anti-American’ is an interesting one. The counterpart is used only in totalitarian states or military dictatorships….Thus, in the old Soviet Union, dissidents were condemned as ‘anti-Soviet.’ That’s a natural usage among people with deeply rooted totalitarian instincts, which identify state policy with the society, the people, the culture. In contrast, people with even the slightest concept of democracy treat such notions with ridicule and contempt. Suppose someone in Italy who criticizes Italian state policy were condemned as ‘anti-Italian.’ It would be regarded as too ridiculous even to merit laughter. Maybe under Mussolini, but surely not otherwise. Actually the concept has earlier origins. It was used in the Bible by King Ahab, the epitome of evil, to condemn those who sought justice as ‘anti-Israel’ (’ocher Yisrael,’ in the original Hebrew, roughly ‘hater of Israel,’ or ‘disturber of Israel’). His specific target was Elijah.
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Noam Chomsky (via azspot)
Reemplace “Anti-americano” por “Anti-venezolano”, “imperialista”, “oligarca”, etc.