As Rush pointed out - Do not legitimize this argument. Trying to refute it is tantamount to accepting the premise.
I would go one step further. Since the Communists believe the counttry should be abolished, start with the government. After all, they made all the laws. They are responsible; so get rid of them. All. Every one of them. Take power away (and the TV cameras) and Nancy, Chuckie, Adam, Jerry and the rest of the Fake Congress will have to find REAL jobs.
Ditch digging, septic tank repair and construction sign holders come to mind.
Meanwhile the protesters in Hong Kong are waving American flags and singing OUR national anthem. (And they stand.)
Only Heaven is perfect. But the reason why immigrants the world over long to be here or are at least inspired by what has unfolded here in the few short years of our existence as a nation — is because they know our country is defined by the redemptive power of the principles we were founded upon...which overpower any shadows cast by our mistakes.
Is it any wonder that Martin Luther King himself said his very dream was to see our nation live up to its creed? “We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.”
He was quoting Thomas Jefferson.
Thomas Jefferson was a slaveowner.
MLK understood more than anyone the inherent flaws that were present at our founding but he didn’t go around disavowing Jefferson did he?