FIRST AMENDMENT: This is what it means

In response to a Readers Write letter by Sylvia Woodall posted June 4: While the current political climate is unfortunate as in regard to the incivility on both sides of the equation, The Press has done a good job of allowing print time to all concerned citizens and leaders within the community.

It is also very important to realize that love and mutual respect is a two-way street. When someone presents information that is not fact-based, employs inflammatory language to incite others, disregards the health and welfare of a large percentage of the populace, and uses their position for their own aggrandizement and profit, there are (and should be) questions and concerns raised.

This is what it means to live in a country that states in its First Amendment to the Constitution: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

ANGELA J. CHANDLER

Coeur d’Alene