Letter: Stand up for your beliefs
Editor:
Hopefully the recent attack in Brussels will finally teach us a lesson about fighting back and being politically correct.
Fighting back and standing up for your principles is not being a bully. Telling the truth is not being politically incorrect.
Are we finally going to learn that it is perfectly correct to stand up for your beliefs, principles and way of life?
William F. Hineser
Arvada
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