Absolutely, those things like obeying the law, honoring your country, paying your own way (and I am not just talking of public welfare), caring for your neighbors, actually basing your actions on how it affected another, honoring and obeying your parents and the public at large, working hard - yes, those things should be thrown away forever. Just get in the way of the new, enlightened way of life we have in this country.
[Foremost among these are the bigotry and racial prejudice that was quite common in America at the time. I defy anyone to show me anything "American" about racial prejudice.]
There is that old word. If someone can't find anything else bad to say they bring out that word. The old - 'This country is, and always has been just riddled with bigotry and racial prejudice - we are just a bunch of hateful human beings - just chock full of racial prejudice'.
When there is nothing else to say - bring that up - it used to work - doesn't any more. I for one, and I think others see it for what it is - someone who would like to intimidate rather than debate -
Personally, I don't know how this country survived, let alone prospered. How did we have time to do any work when we spent every waking moment keeping black people down, and enforcing our RACIST BIGOTRY. That must have been a full time job.
It's pretty easy to do in your spare time or even as a hobby.