By Selwyn Duke

In an operating room after being shot in 1981, President Ronald Reagan pulled down his mask and said to the medical staff, “I hope you are all Republicans!” He was joking, of course, but such a concern may be more warranted in today’s politically charged America — especially if the worst interpretation of a recent story is any guide.

Kychelle Del Rosario, a fourth-year medical student at Wake Forest School of Medicine, posted a Tuesday tweet that many interpret as meaning that she intentionally mistreated a patient — all because he poked fun at her “pronoun pin.”

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