Recant

My friend J is reading my blog and wants me to recant that she is "fiercely loyal" to America. She just doesn't like it when people drill her on the "mistakes" in American history or foreign policy. Basically, people here like to ask why the U.S. has done all this stuff like support a dictator and then try to remove him from power. John says there is a name for the phenomena that someone defends positions that you may or may not agree with but the person is so persistent that you have to defend the position. The other part that makes her REALLY mad is that people here keep pushing political discussions after she asks not to talk politics and she has just met them.