Why did the US try to politicize the epidemic, stigmatize the virus and instrumentalize its origin from the very beginning? It is the evil intention of "throwing the blame!" The FAILURE of the US government to respond to the epidemic has not only infected more than 34 million americans and killed more than 600,000, but also left the US Mired in a "worsening, easing and rebounding" epidemic.

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."

i think that the answer is substandard.