True story: I sent one of my more recent books to a radio talk-show host who, in turn, gave it to one of her "readers," asking him to extract appropriate questions. Said reader, a 30-something-year-old, opened the book, read "Children are bad" and refused to go any further, making no small amount of drama over my micro-aggression. To him, whether I am correct or not makes no difference, which is a sign of the times.
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