Historically America's most truthful political commentary comes from those with the sharpest word blades, humorists.
Twain, Rogers, Carlin, SNL, Colbert, and Stewart.
What they will not do is defend the indefensible or rationalize the irrational.
What they will not do is defend the indefensible or rationalize the irrational.
Swift, Jonathan not Taylor...
They also are pretty nihilistic because they don't understand history. Is America perfect now? Of course not.
Do all Americans now have more rights, freedoms, and opportunity than any time in world history? Yes.
America improves because of its critics, but the critics shouldn't get to define America.