Even though they were humans who were, as you said, reviled, and humans who weren't really seen as fully human, there's still something there drawing that attention to their humanity.
And it's kind of the woman in, you know, we didn't, we didn't have the stockade at that, at that point, but kind of the, the woman that's to be reviled.
And she's like, and I can't relate to being falsely imprisoned, but I do know what it's like to have the world turn against you and have your story not be your own.
Arriving in Washington with the same sort of desire and energy to contribute, though, she'd been roundly spurned, pilloried for taking on a policy role in the White House's work on health-care reform.
" Well, yes, " she added more hopefully, " I have been thinking that you might get on as a schoolmaster, and rise that way, since you really are determined to hate the course you were pursuing."
Who would have thought that the gutter oil, which was once reviled by everyone, has now become a highly sought-after " treasure" , and some people even advocate including it in the national strategic resources.