Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event Sunday, April 17, 2016, in Staten Island. Trump will be introduced at a rally in Buffalo by Buffalo Bills head coach Rex Ryan on Monday, April 18, 2016. Credit: AP

All of a sudden, the term politically correct has become the way to disparage those who care for politeness, civility and the feelings of others [“N.C. restroom law makes sense,” Letters, April 22].

When Donald Trump rails that political correctness will be the downfall of America, he is — seemingly successfully — appealing to the worst instincts of many people. Too bad, because it’s the message he is delivering that will, perhaps, indeed lead to our downfall.

Albert Kutzin, Melville

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