Sandy Hook 'Truther' Tells Victim's Mother Her Daughter Never Existed

When this story came across my feed I was left speechless. Stealing the sign is one thing, but to taunt the mother,,,I still don't have a word for it.

Grace's mother, Lynn McDonnell, found out about the theft when a man claiming to have stolen the sign called her.

During a brief conversation, the sign-stealer allegedly told McDonnell that he took the sign because he believes the school shooting was a hoax, CBS2.com reports.

He also taunted her that her daughter never existed, a comment that suggested he thought McDonnell was part of the alleged conspiracy.

I know I will never convince a true believer, confirmation bias will make them deaf to any conflicting evidence. But if they are "so open minded" they must consider this.

Many moons ago I was taught K-I-S-S aka, Occam's Razor. Which states that the hypothesis with the fewest assumptions should be selected; the fewer assumptions that are made, the better. So baring that in mind, one then needs to ask what if I'm right? And then, what if I'm wrong? Conclusion, just leave it alone. Either you'll be beating up on mourning parents or you'll be announcing to a well-funded and vast conspiracy network - that includes private citizens, local, state and federal government authorities, and the news media - that you know what's up, both are bad ideas.

Think about it, IF it is some grand scheme by the government or some secret cabal of elites to confiscate guns (which by the way has not happened) or rule the world, wouldn't "you" be announcing yourself to the much larger conspiracy? A group of people by "your' own logic that has no qualms about killing people to achieve its ends if you're right. In order to perpetuate the story line, one must delve into the absurd which then becomes a house of cards; it collapses under it own weight

I just don't understand what these people hope to gain by exposing these bizarre conspiracies they believe in. Any conspirators that are so dedicated that they'll go to such absurd lengths aren't going to be stopped, not even by incontrovertible proof.

DJ Groethe sums it up best,

"Political conspiracy theorists are completely wrong [in their conclusions], but they're not crazy," he told HuffPost. "The leading conspiracy theorists ... are right on many of their initial factual claims. Depending on what the theory is, they might even be correct in all of their claims. Where they are wrong is connecting the dots that aren't there."

"We are hardwired to seek order in chaos, make meaning out of data noise, and it is paradoxically comforting to imagine that great tragedy is not just time and chance, but a function of some nefarious, pre-planned grand design," he added.

Sandy Hook 'Truther' Tells Victim's Mother Her Daughter Never Existed