The context of the following conversation is Cameron rolled the words off of her tongue. She needed to get her point of view across.:
Cameron says Hi there, how are you doing? I had an interesting day at work today..
The friend responds My day's been fine. What was so interesting at work?.
Cameron responds We had a corporate meeting. One of my colleagues started belittling my input as we discussed the employee retention situation..
The friend responds In an important meeting like that, everyone's point of view should matter..
Cameron responds That's exactly what I told my colleague. I told that everyone is entitled to their own opinion, including myself..
The friend responds That was an excellent thing to say! You are so intelligent..