[davidmurdoch]

> implying that the commenter does think that, and that that thought is ignorant and absurd

It is a widely held view of the US by many foreigners; they don't conceptualize how big and diverse the US is.

I thought a perfectly reasonable and likely interpretation of their comment is that the later sentence, with the "also" does not connect their `value of being a tourism in the US` comment to the political climate. Other commenters here apparently do weigh the cost of travel with the risk the government of the country will detain them.

[throaway1989]

Right, so you are assuming in bad faith, instead of just asking their point and refuting it!