Those who ridicule conspiracy theorists include some of the most willingly ignorant people in America. It is one thing to have very little interest in who actually controls this nation. It is quite another matter to publicly scorn those who have done the research and are not afraid to speak out.

Because most conspiracy hecklers are in a TV-induced fantasyland, they usually cannot see how foolish their attempts at humiliating others actually appear to a considerable percentage of the population who have taken the time to educate themselves.

Many who are in conspiracy denial have slumbered for so long that even the slightest glance at what’s really happening to America is a terror to them. That explains why some will use the Internet to heap insults on others, while they hide behind a last initial or pseudonym. They read a letter to the editor that jolts them out of their comfort zone and react by using the Internet to taunt the individual who wrote it.

Last names are required for letters to the newspaper, and should be required for responses posted on that newspaper’s Web site as well. Otherwise, it resembles a “dog-and-pony” show, like neoconservative talk radio, the official 9/11 investigation, Hillary Clinton versus Barack Obama, or the fake two-party system.

I found “Terrorstorm” by Alex Jones to be a cure for conspiracy denial.

Philip Dec, Monmouth