To the editor:

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For years, I have read letters like this printed in local newspapers throughout the Okanagan Valley. Addressing this letter specifically, a good experience in Mexico has changed the way the author views the Mexican people and U.S President Trump has misjudged them. Yet expressing this opinion is not enough when Trump, according to what I read, is now ansa国际传媒漣diotsa国际传媒� and sa国际传媒済iant idiot who needs to go away soon.sa国际传媒� Letter writer Nol Preen has abandoned communicating his new found positive opinion of the fine Mexican people and embraced the trending sa国际传媒淎merica bash.sa国际传媒�

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These types of letters chosen for print have become more common. Opinions and disagreements sign off with insults or mudslinging. I donsa国际传媒檛 know why they are given space in widely distributed newspapers. Maybe Tourism Kelowna should weigh in on this.

Michael Lipinski

Peachland