I have had my own confrontations with Zeb Bell and feel that the man is an unqualified bigot, as are the majority of his listeners. But I also feel strongly about our First Amendment rights and in no way want to silence his voice. The greatest disinfectant for hate is lightness, not darkness.

Driving shows like Zeb's underground does not eliminate hate; it simply hides it, which leaves those of us who disagree with Zeb's opinions with a dilemma. Here's one possible solution. Given that people call talk radio for the same reason a drunk leans against a lamppost - for support not illumination - the answer is to break the incestuous, circular logic found on talk radio by taking it to a larger audience.

I would like to offer this forum, with the approval of Times-News, for a written response by Zeb, any of his sympathetic listeners or, especially, his sponsors.

Please explain why the comment that Obama is the "precursor of the Antichrist" isn't bigotry?

Why it is acceptable to tell Sunday school children that "only an insane person" would vote for Obama?

Why Obama isn't a "real" American? Why electing a "Negro" president will lead to an increase in welfare payments and food stamps?

Why a black-white relationship should evoke a "trailer trash" image of the woman?

Why Christian credentials are required of politicians? And, the latest rant, why God has inflicted Ted Kennedy with cancer as punishment for his position on abortion? Please feel free to add anything else considered being an affront to all "real" patriotic Americans.

I look forward to reading it.

GARY ELLER

Twin Falls