I recently moved from south Mississippi and have established residence in Vancouver. Y’all are friendly and polite, yet the economics are out of sight. No wonder cheap tents sell like cornbread, greens and fried chicken. To the point: given Jay Ambrose’s editorial finding fault with protests (“Who’s responsible for protest violence?” Aug. 4), let me advise you: Except for out in the boondocks, one doesn’t find an anti-protest statement like that in the most conservative state in the union. I’m all for Thomas Jefferson, paraphrased: When government fails its citizens, it’s a responsibility to God to force change.
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