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Meerkat
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Before college, I wrote a story about a family being judged by the town in which they lived. I wrote it from a first person plural perspective--that is, what the "town" is thinking. I assumed anyone reading it would understand that the town had its collective heads up their @#$, but when I sent it out, I got a somewhat nasty rejection that went something like, "If people can't be redeemed [which was the town's opinion], then why are we bothering?" I was amazed that the editor didn't "get" it. I don't know if s/he was just dumb, or if I was too subtle.