Absolutely, I understand and maybe even somewhat support that. The problem is when this proud nationalism comes at the cost of taking a dig at other nations/cou

Absolutely, I understand and maybe even somewhat support that. The problem is when this proud nationalism comes at the cost of taking a dig at other nations/countries or cultures. Yet that's exactly what this article did. And they really did not have to do that, in order for them to make their point (and nor did Graham, for that matter--but perhaps that was an old essay and quoted out of context). It's a particular stumper when you consider that Swartz has loads of fans outside the US as well, and they are following this news with just as much interest, reading also US mainstream articles like these.