>What kind of reflexive jingoism is this? Just because something critiques one aspect of the US doesn't instantly make it "anti-American" The arguments made in

>What kind of reflexive jingoism is this? Just because something critiques one aspect of the US doesn't instantly make it "anti-American" The arguments made in this article are not specific to US cities or towns. Go to virtually any country in the world and it is the same. I can't think of any other reason for this article to have made it to the absolute top of Hacker News. It certainly didn't make it based on the content of the article.