Reply #13: This has been a consistent theme in Michael's work that disturbs me

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It's a theme that bothers me in the attitudes of many of my fellow liberal folk -- this idea that
a "typical American" is "bad". There's no such thing as a typical anything with any defined quality.
The very same ethical/intellectual argument that makes it wrong to discriminate against any group of
people, also protects all others from the same prejudgments.

I do read Michael's remarks as being very much in keeping with other things he has said. Michael has
quite often in his work taken the stance that the US is "a great country", but he frequently
promotes very biased views against our people. His little epistle to the Canadians is a perfect example ...
"They're like us only better!"

Sorry, but my UK ancestors came here three hundred fifty years ago and my Cherokee ancestors came here a long,
long time before that. I don't accept that any group of people is any "better" than ours. To suggest otherwise
is simple bigotry, nothing else.