Conversation

In 2017 I was with a gay couple at a swanky US event with lots of dignitaries. A speaker quoted JFK, what could be more banal? Everyone in the room was part of a club. We were having fun, were supposed to feel connected, that's what the event was for. One man went to the bathroom and came back. He said you won't believe what I heard in there: They were openly plotting the overthrow of the USA, and they specifically resented the JFK quote. We didn't know what to think, but looking back I see it.