Word: ams
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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I wouldn't suspect this except that I am a liberal being held captive here by a group of conservative people who claim to be my family.
They all laughed, but I remember panicking. I wondered, "What if I am with the wrong family?" Fearing for my life, I plotted my escape, waiting until they gave me the signal that they were about to turn on me. They've certainly given me reasons to be suspicious.
I'm not a martyr. I've never thought of myself as a rebel, although I am one to my alleged family. A rebel with a liberal cause.
I would describe the authors of these responses as "one-eyed" because they are unable to view matters as varying in degree--they apparently lack depth perception. The co-presidents of the Asian American Association associated my editorial with an attitude that dictates, "you are Asian and so am I...
I am certain that most readers recognized this as a common rhetorical technique, to extend the opponent's argument to the point of ridiculousness. Obviously the above attitude was never mine.