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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Letters to the Editor

Views on Capitol riot not only objectionable perspective of conservatives

In this photo taken on Jan. 6, 2021, Donald Trump supporters battle with police and security forces as they storm the US Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Getty)

Attorney John J. Hamill’s recent op-ed “How we can get back to civil discourse” reminded me of what Abraham Lincoln said in his first Inaugural Address: “We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it we must not break our bonds of affection.” 

Hamill seems to argue that besides defending the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, everything else can be accepted as legitimate disagreement.

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