"Villifying criticism" is to say that those who criticize are villains. Which you did here, in your statement:
The continuous focus on the evils of America in this war, along with the drumbeat against our leadership [emphasis mine] only makes it more likely that weak and stupid people will decide they should in fact be helping the enemy.
The last I heard, political opposition to leadership with which one disagrees was not only allowed but encouraged as a way of determining the will of the people, who are supposed to be in charge here, however weak and stupid we may be.
I understand that participial forms of verbs, such as "villifying" (participle of the verb "to villify"), can sometimes be mistaken for adjectives. I will attempt to use more infinitives in order to clarify my meaning.
Current Events » in reply to And as for villifying political leaders
Please read and quote me correctly. I said: ". . . where does villifying criticism of political leaders fit?"
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- Soldier Accused of Trying to Aid al-Qaida
- Follow-up: it seems "militia nut" may be more to the point
- Another reason while in war you avoid moral ambiguity.
- But... but... he's not swarthy and Arab-looking!