As the lead author of the letter being criticized by Mr. Criddle, I feel compelled to answer his objections, some of them valid, and will do so more completely in a letter.
What was most objectionable to me, and to others, about Ms. Loftus's column was her attempt to normalize criminal behavior that the president-elect had bragged about and was subsequently accused of perpetrating by about a dozen women. Grabbing a woman by her genitals is assault, a felony.
I, for one, cannot tolerate such behavior in a public official. And I doubt many women on these islands can, either.
There are limits to tolerance.