That's a really interesting read OP, a lot of stuff in there that goes even beyond the Punisher or even the US for that matter. The whole "Eternal Innocence" thing (what is the first thing white people say when you bring up slavery? That THEY didn't do it. It's their go-to move : innocence.) and also about how nuance and interpretation is perceived as weakness. Guess who lives in nuances and interpretation though? Intellectuals, writers, artists, poets, etc. Hence all the anti-intellectualism that made Trump possible (and Bolsonaro, and Brexit, and Lega in Italy, etc etc etc)