Readers React: ‘Kent State’ sweat shirt’s timeliness
To the editor: Although I agree with Meghan Daum’s views on tawdry, obscene clothing being worn in public, I have to disagree with her take on the Kent State sweat shirt offered online by Urban Outfitters. Not only does it make a historical statement of government’s past wrongdoings, it also brings into view the similarities between those responses and those who protest now. (“Is Urban Outfitters waving the bloody shirt?,” Op-Ed, Sept. 17)
It is timely. The recent handling of the protests in Ferguson, Mo., was just one tiny misstep away from turning into a Kent State incident.
Joanne M. Mell, San Diego
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