Readers sound off on the fraying of democracy, pajamas in public and Dr. Fauci – New York Daily News

East Northport, L.I.: To Voicer Julio E. Rivera: First, thank you for your service. I just missed the Vietnam War but I knew to respect those who served. As to West Side Story, to me, it has always been a story, as was Romeo and Juliet, about the futility and absurdity of hate. Poor American youth in a gang are Catholics who hate these Puerto Rican immigrants (also Catholics) because they look and sound different. Theyre not foreigners. They even share the same religion. It is truly pitiful. And yet they hate each other they cant share a playground or a gym. Today, things may be better for some but I can see and hear hatred all around me. Different faces, different skin color, different cultures and languages and foods and sexuality and more. Maybe its time for this redo of West Side Story as another attempt to remind us of the futility of such hate. Ron Troy

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