One of the snafu's that regularly infect Medium is that annoying crossover with Twitter … allowing people who can't compose an essay half a good as this to make snarky comments.

If you think you know more about American politics, or American history, than this writer does … if you feel that you have a voice that needs to be heard … then write it and publish it. That's ostensibly why this platform exists.

Put up, dud, or shut up.