I said "I suspect" to leave open the possibility I was wrong, which appears to be the case. I could've been clearer about that (my punctuation is ambiguous, and

I said "I suspect" to leave open the possibility I was wrong, which appears to be the case. I could've been clearer about that (my punctuation is ambiguous, and "suspect" was not ambivalent enough). I regret not phrasing it as a straight question. I would still be interested to know how your position differs from mine and from my (poor) characterization of you, if you have the time.