Ira, why do you feel so offended about the "anti-american" comment?
For conservatives, what is not following the Constitution and Capitalism, is anti-american.
Distribution of wealth is anti-american.
Nationalization of huge industries ( car, health care ) is anti-american.
And so on, and so forth.
That's why we are having this discussion.
As to public school education ( including colleges, public and private) - the majority of faculty there are liberal with the agenda to reshape the new generation in the liberal way, so they grow up believing in socialism, not capitalism.
So, what do you believe in?