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Protest sign not about race

Michael Cox is reading way too much into the “soap” protest sign – whether intentionally trying to be misleading or out of plain old politically correct thinking. (“Counterprotest sign is unacceptable, offensive,” Nov. 21)

As far as I’m concerned, this protest is not about any sort of oppression, or any racial issues. 

Five to 10 counterprotesters do not constitute an oppressive group, so his historical reference to the Nazis or white supremacists completely is misapplied in this case. Calling the protesters “progressive” while condemning the counterprotesters for exercising the same constitutionally protected rights is hypocrisy in its highest form.

Ben Chapman