There are some 'traditional' American values that liberals see as being harmful (gay marriage debate, religion in government/classroom, etc). I don't think it's a bad thing to recognize those when we see them. We've done that in the past many times. Not long ago, racial segregation and 'keeping to your own race' was a traditional American value. Liberals see a wrong and they seek to correct it. Maybe in some respects they are for following Europes example (socialized medicine, for example), but only because they believe it to be best for America (even if others disagree). That's hardly a sign of hate.
My posts here have been referencing the appropriate and inappropriate use of government within our system of traditional "political" values, not cultural values. The values you mentioned are cultural values that can change and get worked out over time, generally not requiring federal government action, and, in fact, federal government action is constitutionally prohibited. It's only under extraordinary circumstances, such as slavery - which is antithetical to the basic political principle of "all men are created equal" - where government absolutely needs to be involved. And slavery, BTW, was perpetrated throughout our history, not by Republican/conservatives but by Democratic/liberals. Liberals had to be dragged kicking and screaming into giving up slavery and Jim Crow laws. So there is no moral high ground for liberals there, only shame. It's not the changing of cultural values that angers me, it's the insistence that government must be involved and force change, as if nothing is ever done unless government does it.
The traditional political American values are articulated in the Declaration of Indipendence and the Constitution, including a method of amending the Constitution. Those principles, which in fact liberals do hate, are limited federal government power, and protection of
individual rights, as opposed to using government power for redistributive/social justice and collectivist rights, that angers me...and it
really angers me
I'm fully aware that this explanation will bring out those with only the most superficial understanding of such issues, in all their glorious outrage. Go ahead guys, yuk it up, I couldn't care less about your opinions.