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Lets put aside the debate as to whether COVID will take a Christmas break, but instead focus on the application of select rules and privileges to certain groups. When Premier Legault says, to get through the pandemic we need the strength of our families and that family is the basis of our lives, does he include Jewish families, who already sacrificed Passover, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur among other gatherings, in this group? What about Hindus, Sikhs, and Jains, who scaled back or cancelled Diwali celebrations; or Muslims who similarly forwent Eid and Ramadan; and African Americans who will have to curtail Kwanzaa? And, Ill give you 10-to-one odds that Chinese New Year celebrations will not be permitted as well.

Shouldnt all groups have to sacrifice equally? Shouldnt rights and responsibilities be an all or none proposition? Dont all people, regardless of their cultural background, need the same ties of family to get through this difficult period? Well, according to Premiere Legault, we say no.

Jonathan Goldman, Montreal

Re: Archive those Trumpists before its too late!, and other thoughts on the U.S. election, Rex Murphy, Nov. 13

In the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump received almost 74 million votes. Thats more votes than any other presidential candidate in U.S. history, except for one. (Joe Biden received more than 80 million.) So what lesson will the Democratic Party learn from this? Will they conclude, along with people like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, that almost 74 million of their fellow citizens are ignorant morons; or even worse, deplorable profiteers who deserve to be blacklisted? Or will they conclude that people like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have no place in the Democratic Party?

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Letters to the editor: Jordan Peterson's publisher mustn't give an inch to 'wokeflakes' - National Post