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A column published June 5 about the Kamloops residential school elicited strong reactions from some readers. Here are their comments: Totally disrespectful
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Reaction to the major anti-lockdown rally on April 25 at The Forks has been swift and furious. Photos taken without permission by reporters have resulted in the public shaming and even firing of people who attended. Strident calls come for action against attendees for spreading the virus (often voiced by the same people who attended or celebrated BLM rallies). Anti-lockdown lockdown rally attendees are routinely called “COVIDiots” and other such derogatory names. A newspaper described the gathering as a place “where conspiracy theories were spread.” An atmosphere of “public lynching” prevailed.
But do those vicious sentiments accurately describe the civilized crowd of well over a thousand people who attended the rally? I am told by people who attended responsible people that those one-sided descriptions do not describe the people they encountered there. For instance, a funeral home employee described the grief of seeing young victims of pandemi