Someone else wrote this on another person's behalf.
Despite how, uh... meanspirited it reads... I think they did do it somewhat genuinely. The writer wanted other people to understand this person, even those traits they had that might be undesirable or require patience. That's... what I caught on, anyway.
But the applicant felt differently. They were pretty hurt. Incredibly angry. It didn't matter what intention the writer had - the applicant had themselves exposed to the town in a way they had no say or control over. They had no way to protect themselves or how people saw them. The writer chose all that, not them.
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...Suffice to say, there was a pretty big public fight about it.
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Despite how, uh... meanspirited it reads... I think they did do it somewhat genuinely. The writer wanted other people to understand this person, even those traits they had that might be undesirable or require patience. That's... what I caught on, anyway.
But the applicant felt differently. They were pretty hurt. Incredibly angry. It didn't matter what intention the writer had - the applicant had themselves exposed to the town in a way they had no say or control over. They had no way to protect themselves or how people saw them. The writer chose all that, not them.
...
...Suffice to say, there was a pretty big public fight about it.