I had composed a big email about the quoted statement below, but it was too
wandering for my taste, so the parallel universe FruAM group, and Curl
received that one. The FriAM group and Carl will get a more succinct
response.

> He loves his country, like any real American. This is my impression.
>
In short, there is no 'real American' for the same reason and in the same
sense that there is no 'true
Scotsman<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman>'.
Also, a country is a lot of disparate things.
-Arlo James Barnes
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