Sorry, these views are not "how Americans view the U.S." The GP comment is pushing a certain narrative that (in my view) has been ginned up by reactionary grou

Sorry, these views are not "how Americans view the U.S." The GP comment is pushing a certain narrative that (in my view) has been ginned up by reactionary groups for their own ends. In addition, it's wrong on the facts (insofar as it makes any fact-based claims versus just pushing buttons). I'll go farther. I scoff most profoundly at the viewpoint of the GP post. I view people pushing it as low-information and politically naive (if they actually believe it) or evil and opportunistic (if they are just "intensifying the contradictions" for their own reactionary ends).