When someone publicly insults another person or attempts to shame him or tries to frighten him, it is reasonable to conclude that they harbor a deep-seated resentment.

Anna Helmers, in her recent letter to the Pantagraph ("Nation has become morally bankrupt," YourViews, Sept. 22), provides an excellent example of this. I wonder what she would say if one of her immediate family turned out to be homosexual. I think this would be quite a dilemma for her.

Gene Naden

Bloomington