Virtually every American thinks of himself as a "patriot", specially in times of national emergency. This doesn't mean they will agree with each other on various political issues nor does it mean they have any respect or understanding for forms of patriotism which differ from their own.

Of COURSE Michael Moore is a patriot. And so is George Bush. And so is Barack Obama. And so is Glenn Beck. And so is Alex Jones. And so is Hillary Clinton. And so is some crazy White supremacit who's planning to plant a bomb somewhere. They're ALL patriots...in their own judgement....by their own best understanding of what it means to be a patriot. Their understanding may be very flawed, and it may be based on ignorance or irrationality.

That's how the human mind works. Virtually everyone out there is a patriot to their own nation....and they'll kill one another over the fact that their understanding of what makes one a patriot differs.

Such is the folly of human political thinking. When various patriotic Germans decided to tried to assassinate Hitler in 1944, and failed, they were deemed "traitors" and executed by other patriotic Germans who thought of themselves as patriots because they were protecting Hitler (the head of state).

The same kind of radical divide exists in the USA. It's like 2 (or more) mutually exclusive realities, both claiming the moral high ground, both utterly certain of their own patriotism...a patriotism based on their own basic assumptions about reality.

The thing I like about Michael Moore, though, is that he makes a strong point about not hating his various political opponents on a personal level no matter how much he hates the policies they are supporting. That's a good sign in regards to Michael Moore. It show that he has a bit more compassion and insight than a lot of people do in this world.