I don't think the intent is to portray American culture as monolithic, but conversely, is it feasible to propose that there are no systemic cultural issues? Don't you think it's possible that anomolies that arise within a culture can indiacte a systemic problem? That is to say, in the simplest form, that a different set of variables will alter the outcome of a complex scenario? More precisely, if one could indentify the correct variables (as I said, Root Cause Analysis) at least the call to action wouldn't risk being made blindly. As you said, stop and think--that's what we're doing here.
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Reaction is the enemy of response.
Long past time, I think, for folks to 'stop' and 'think'.
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As H.L. Mencken said, "There is always an easy solution to every human problem—neat, plausible, and wrong."