I can assume good faith while still believing your comment is driven by the same American Exceptionalism mentality that leads to the mindset echoed by The Onion

I can assume good faith while still believing your comment is driven by the same American Exceptionalism mentality that leads to the mindset echoed by The Onion article. If your concern is that the reply comes across as mocking rather than engaging: the article was more concise and more eloquent than the potential diatribe I had written up, so I used it.