Wut?
I'd like to hear your reasoning on this.
I'm not sure why it's so controversial, but it's quirks of history.
European governments (historically) were repressive royalties, over time Europeans have gained rights from their government.
The American government, and it's revolution were hugely positive moves for the American people, over time the federal government has been seen to 'chipped away' at American freedoms.
IMHO it just leads to a strange quirk whereby Europeans tend to think of governments in a different manner than American's do.
It just means that faced with an 'oppressive state', I'd expect an average European response to be 'reform' (things will naturally get better over time) and an average American 'revolution' (things are only going to get worse).
/shrug