Editor, Gazette-Journal:

I have not written a letter to be published in your paper for quite some time. People have asked me why, so maybe I need to explain my reason and also comment on your editorial policies at the same time. I am not about to have my words published side by side with a steady deluge of paranoid delusions. This will be the one exception.

You have tainted the meaning of public opinion when you continue to cater to an apparently organized group of propagandists who seem very out of touch with the real world. Anyone foolish enough to believe honest dialog is possible here is badly mistaken for these misguided group members have demonstrated their dedication to occupying your "Letters" column.

I now publish a lot of my research results about the state of our nation and the world online, where there is at least a chance of being treated to a spectrum of ideas that oppose me without being scripted by some organization. Your decision to support this organ...