I know, that's a left wing rag where it appeared.
Left wingers are just a bit less doctrinaire and fixed in their orthodoxy than righties, but of course, you already know that.
So what do I think we should do? Exactly what we are doing now. Maintain our principles and Constitution, defend ourselves if attacked, but adhere strictly to the Prime Directive. Meddling around in the evolution of other cultures is not only wrong in principle, it often turns out in ways very different to what we expect.
And by the way, you were not "attacked for bigotry". You were just warned about getting too close to it. 8)