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Letter: Protect right to be heard

By Gail Ratliff, Vancouver
Published: March 24, 2017, 6:00am

With all the rancor that is being spewed after President Trump’s win, it was uplifting to read Dick Kuiper’s letter, “Health care is not a right,” (Our Readers’ Views, March 2).

He made it clear what the Constitution allows and the difference between those rights and entitlements. Have we let a generation down by not teaching civil discord and the right for all sides to be heard?

Instead, there are these shout-downs at town hall meetings. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler has the right idea of phone conversations and thus avoiding the bullies of taking over.

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