I found myself watching the first episode of the original (1978) Battlestar Galactica. Early on, the naïve peace-loving humans are sailing into a trap set by the dastardly Cylons. The humans are expecting to sign an armistice, while the Cylons plan to use the distraction of the ceremony to destroy the human fleet and colonies.
Commander Adama is speaking to President Adar, who leads the delegation to sign the armistice:
ADAR: Oh, surely you don’t cling to your suspicions about the Cylons? They asked for this armistice. They want peace.
ADAMA: Forgive me, Mr. President, but they hate us with every fiber of their existence. We love freedom, we love independence, to feel, to question, to resist oppression, but — to them, it’s an alien way of existing they will never accept.
From the episode 1 transcript.
I realized that I hadn’t heard this “they hate us for our freedom” phrasing since the second Iraq war. It sounded hollow and self-serving at the time, but it’s striking how poorly it has aged.