Not sure why you are downvoted, reading the 2nd paragraph you cited (and some other parts in the article), it's definitely hard to view them as comments only ag

Not sure why you are downvoted, reading the 2nd paragraph you cited (and some other parts in the article), it's definitely hard to view them as comments only against the government instead of generalizing over a people. I guess since this post is mostly a rant (?), we could afford a less coherent statements. But it does feel a bit like one of those "not being a racist, but..." moments.