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I enjoyed this article but I do have to take exception to a long standing bug a boo of mine. The author references a leftist named Rory who points out the "sins and ills" of America. Xenophobia, discrimination, economic disparities, loss of community. These are HUMAN traits and ills not American. ALL human societies since man has walked the earth suffer from these sins and ills. You can not eradicate them you can only try to minimize them through laws and custom. Do we have racial discrimination in this country? Yes. But much less than I have witnessed in Asia, Africa and western Europe where I actually encountered signs in restaurants in rural parts of France back in the nineties stating "no Africans allowed."

People who claim that the USA today id a cesspool of racism have no idea of what it's like around the world or understanding of historical realities. Great civilizations like the Greeks, Persians, Romans, Mayan, etc...accepted slavery, infanticide, ritualistic sacrifices.

If you want to analyze and criticize this country please do. But do it honestly and based upon human imperfections and histories. Not on some utopian fairytale.

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Mark...the way to Hit It. thanks.

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I strongly believe that wealth is at the heart of the traditional American generosity. Not wealth concentrated in certain families, but the wealth of our high standard of living and resulting expectation that there was enough for everyone in America. That is not true of many places around the world. My family lived in a poor country still reeling from WWII during the 1950s, and things were far different there. Each community was jealous of its neighbors, afraid they would get what ever precious resources might be available. It was a real problem. In my mind, it was the result of the assumption that there was NOT enough to go around, and anything they got would be at your expense.

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Thank you for this post................humans are complicated animals and far from perfect...........those that forget that are doing themselves and others a disservice.

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Dear Mark...I agree with what you have said...on July 4th, I appreciate an article that just says "Yay America"...I'll spend time being critical tomorrow...g.

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Fair enough GKS3. Yay America!! and Happy 4th to you!

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