My comparisons were not meant to logically refute the author's points. I intended to point out the absurdity of focusing one's indignation on problems in anoth

My comparisons were not meant to logically refute the author's points. I intended to point out the absurdity of focusing one's indignation on problems in another country. Imagine if someone started expressing indignation about the bad breath of someone sitting on the other side of the room, when he himself had bad breath, though perhaps slightly fresher than the person whose breath he was outraged about. For some reason, we don't view indignant rants about foreign political systems with the same eye for absurdity that we view indignant rants about other things.