the “conspiracy theory” pejorative is meant to ridicule & dismiss the notion that the “conspiracy” could possibly be true. Gaslighting is the counterpart to the ridicule & dismissal. A more recent form of psyops is Crowd Stalking boasted by an executive at LMC IIRC — military grade social engineering & manipulation.
Remember when Britain’s “Minister of Speech” demanded the SM demonetization of Russell Brand, and only Rumble told her to FO? Her husband is a British Intelligence officer that specialize in psychological warfare aimed at “terrorism”
Your defense of conspiracy theories is more conspiracy theories?
Conspiracy theories often use factual information but make connections where there aren’t any.