Over the past week, the Steamboat Pilot & Today has published letters to the editor from readers speaking out against the incident at Steamboat Springs High School that involved three swastikas that were written on a locker, drawn in the snow on the hood of a car and carved into the hood of another car. In all three instances, the student targeted was Jewish.

Some of those letters to the editors were aimed at the newspaper itself, and its decision to make the swastika story a question on the Steamboat Today’s weekly news quiz last week. It was not the newspaper’s intention to offend but rather to draw attention to an important news story, but there is no doubt it appeared as if the newspaper was attempting to make the swastika story into a game, which was insensitive and showed a serious lapse in judgment.

Bigotry, hatred and racial intolerance should never be marginalized or minimized on any level, and we are glad that community members of all faiths and backgrounds have responded by coming together to speak out about the issue, especially during this time in U.S. history when anti-Semitic acts are on the rise.

Read more at Steamboat Today.