When someone instantly labels you or others as a conspiracy theorist, that's as far as their brain goes to think about something. It's easy to write someone off using a very broad range of ad hominems in any case, but we see this again and again.

A conspiracy by it's very meaning is 2 or more individuals creating a plan they don't want others to know about. A conspiracy theory on the other hand, even when at it's most baseless form without any evidence whatsoever, is nothing but an idea.

At the root of the issue, we have a lot of people in society who reject discussion of ideas. Maybe if presented to them in this way, there may be more dialogue, I don't know.

When people are trashing conspiracy theorists either online, or in person, they are also simultaneously stating that they lack the capacity to think about ideas, for whatever reason. They're also stating that it's either extremely unlikely or impossible for conspiracies to exist, which is also ridiculous.

Just some thoughts