Thomas Paine's images of the American Revolution that it true today because he said that the nation is composed of different nations. These nationalities are inclined to different kinds and practice of government, but are still one in creating a government on the principles of society and with the rights of men.
There are some dimensions to argue on Thomas Paine's views. One of them is a distinction between natural rights and civil rights where the former describes the individual rights, while the latter generalizes rights of the society. Paine claims that civil rights are included in natural rights. Nowadays, the concept of American Dream is somehow based on that idea. However, not all of the arguments can be held true. For example, the difference between the lifestyles of rich and poor is a mere example of that. While Paine emphasized that the rich and poor are the same from judicial point of view or literally, they both have to pay taxes, we can observe completely different political landscape.
A counterclaim shows another view, making the essay not only fair, but have both sides of the story. It can even be there so that the rebuttal (countering the counterclaim) is solid. Hope this helps!
