The point is they were real people making real comments. They weren’t made up by the Drews. If it was a conspiracy, why are the Meiers pretending it wasn’t? Why would they cover for all those kids?
Hey, I’m vehemently agreeing with you on this, cool your jets please. It would be logical that Megan listed off the kids she knew hated her the worst. And that the Drews then tipped off each such kid in turn, in real time, knowing exactly what would happen. I would not, however, have put it beyond the Drews to have created others as well. “Dunking stool” or one of the other things that Salem did to its “witches” comes to mind as an appropriate punishment for what the Drews did, either way.