[from occupied ga]

You should read William Bradford's book On Plymouth Plantation. The pilgrims were communists and almost starved because of it. It was only after Bradford relented and allowed private ownership of food that they began to flourish. Although the poster went a little overboard on his essay, his premise that the pilgrims did not represent the American way (at least as it is historically represented rather than what flows from Washington today) is fundamentally correct

[Chief Inspector Clouseau]

The pilgrims were communists and almost starved because of it.

That's an absurd oversimplification, especially since communism didn't exist at that point.

Although the poster went a little overboard on his essay, his premise that the pilgrims did not represent the American way (at least as it is historically represented rather than what flows from Washington today) is fundamentally correct

No, he referred to the Puritans...one or more generations removed from the Pilgrims, AFTER the crops began to flourish and the corruption of the English church became apparent. The essay is devoid of supporting fact and represents nothing more than mimicking what he/she has been taught in school about the "insensitive, judgemental Puritans."