> How can any patriotic American read something like this and not at least start to wonder what happened to this country? Articles like this do genuinely fill

> How can any patriotic American read something like this and not at least start to wonder what happened to this country? Articles like this do genuinely fill me with patriotic anger. Still, my limited knowledge of American history is that it's filled with reprehensible (as well as noble) conduct. So I don't wonder "what happened" to this country because AFAIK it's always been flawed.