Point Pleasant, N.J.: Voicer Karen Cirillo makes an excellent point. Italian-Americans should be proud of our heritage and we should do everything possible to end the negative stereotyping of those of us of Italian descent.
Fishkill, N.Y.: Public shaming used to work to modify behavior and bring about reforms. It ended Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s bullying tactics during the Red Scare. Publicity from the Watergate hearings brought the criminals from the Richard Nixon administration to justice. Legislative reforms followed.
Brooklyn: First, we had that clown with the pumpkin-colored face in the White House deny the existence of the pandemic, then he treated it as if it was nothing more than a case of gastric distress. I hold him personally responsible for the deaths of innocent Americans.