All the comments until yours, Ronin, epitomize what the author was talking about. There are none so blind as those that will not see. I agree with everything the guy says, including medical care. Some travel extensively but never learn. Some prefer to remain in place and not learn. The reflexive knee-jerk reaction is just sad but does prove the point.
So some person making a blanket statement about how all Americans feel is truthful? So Manson has polled every American to find out what they believe about the subjects in the article? I think you’re probably as blind as Mr. Manson and all the straw men he excoriates.
It’s not really about him being right or wrong about anything, it’s about immature audacity. He doesn’t have even a tiny fraction of a clue about what the entire world is like and any points that he made that might be true are pure luck. Because he made points that you seem to agree with you give him credit where none is due.