“So let’s clarify this—the rule is you should never believe in “conspiracies,”
Thank you for saying that. I get really upset at the people who want to dismiss everything as a “conspiracy theory” as though such a thing isn’t possible. There have been conspiracies throughout history, and since we live in a time with such highly developed methods of communication, and such an advanced level of evil, the person who screams there couldn’t possibly be a conspiracy is really suspect. Conspiracies are very likely everywhere we turn. To deny them is burying your head in the sand.
I agree (except for the part about conspiracies being “everywhere we turn”).
It does seem that the pressure to reject “conspiracies” is damn convenient for those who wish to perpetrate them.
And so many people are easily intimidated by fear of being labeled a “conspiracy nut” or by social pressure in general.