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History repeats itself

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Re: "Fire Chief Sorry – Gretzinger regrets blackface costume" (which he wore to a costume party ... three years ago) – Sept. 28 edition of the Gazette.

McCarthyism – a vociferous campaign against alleged communists in the U.S. government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period 1950 to 1954. Many of the accused were blacklisted or lost their jobs, although most did not in fact belong to the Communist Party.

Racism – a vociferous campaign against alleged white supremacism in any government or other institution carried out by those with ‘politically correct good intentions' during the period 2017 to the present. Many of the accused were blacklisted or lost their jobs, although most, in fact, were not racist.

History does appear to repeat itself …

Randy Kish, St. Albert

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