[lonestar67]

As Hanson notes, it is the mere capacity to discuss and review our imperfection that makes America relentlessly great.

All sham dogmas ultimately close in on themselves and their subjects because they cannot tolerate dissent.

[Steve_Seattle]

"As Hanson notes, it is the mere capacity to discuss and review our imperfection that makes America relentlessly great."

Europeans believe - based on what they are told by their media elites - that America is a land incapable of self-criticism. But America and Israel are arguably the two nations in the world with the strongest traditions of self-criticism. In our literature, our cinema, our laws, our courts, our media, our music, our political debate, we surpass most countries in self-criticism and self-analysis.

[Gondring]

As Hanson notes, it is the mere capacity to discuss and review our imperfection that makes America relentlessly great.

This is one of the reasons I am so much against blocking out opposing views. If we hold our convictions with strength, then why would we be afraid of an opposing view; if we lack conviction, why do we hold those views?