Doug's opinions ... indicate that he's a fairly typical product of the society and area he was born in and the family and peer group he grew up in, and the political influences that were woven into all that.

I don't dispute this for a minute, but that doesn't mean that these opinions are a crock of shit based on misinformation, lies, mythology & wishful thinking.

And his opinions -Thank God! are NOT held by "a majority of Americans", despite what he - and you -might believe.