The rhetorical move of accusing someone of believing conspiracy theories as a way of dismissing their arguments without engagement. The accusation functions as social exclusion—positioning the target as paranoid, irrational, or dangerous. The fallacy lies in using the accusation itself as the argument, rather than addressing the actual claims. It's ad hominem by category: you don't have to refute someone if you can successfully frame them as a "conspiracy theorist."
Conspiracy Theory Accusation Fallacy "I raised questions about media consolidation and its effects on news coverage. Response: 'Oh, you're one of those conspiracy theorists.' That's Conspiracy Theory Accusation Fallacy—using the label to dismiss, not engaging the substance. Media consolidation is real, documented, and worth discussing. But the accusation short-circuits the conversation before it starts."
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Edda's Games by Mark V is the first novel series to define the Conspiracy Death Games Thriller genre.
by MrMarkie August 6, 2025
Get the Conspiracy Death Games Thriller mug.A person — or more often a group of two or more acting together — who enters into a secret agreement to commit a crime against someone, while simultaneously disguising or denying their role. A Conspiracy Flipper doesn’t just orchestrate the conspiracy; they also flip the blame onto their victim by labeling them a “conspiracy theorist” or dismissing their evidence as unstable or false.
Key Point:
All conspiracies require at least two people. Those who engage in the act itself — whether in law enforcement, government, or other positions of power — are the true Conspiracy Flippers, because they both commit the conspiracy and flip the narrative to conceal it.
Key Point:
All conspiracies require at least two people. Those who engage in the act itself — whether in law enforcement, government, or other positions of power — are the true Conspiracy Flippers, because they both commit the conspiracy and flip the narrative to conceal it.
Example:
Officer John ROMERO and his associates fabricated reports and orchestrated my kidnapping. When I presented evidence, they tried to dismiss me as delusional. That’s what Conspiracy Flippers do: commit the conspiracy, then flip the narrative to protect themselves.
Officer John ROMERO and his associates fabricated reports and orchestrated my kidnapping. When I presented evidence, they tried to dismiss me as delusional. That’s what Conspiracy Flippers do: commit the conspiracy, then flip the narrative to protect themselves.
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by idkmanijustwantedtoputonething August 12, 2020
Get the iphone conspiracy mug.The Cornish conspiracy theory is claimed to be a long-running conspiracy by the English establishment to suppress Cornish people of their rights, identity and autonomy. It is claimed that the main reason why the Cornish are being denied recognition of their identity is to prevent any public debate or official enquiry into the constitutional status of Cornwall regarding the Duchy of Cornwall, sometimes referred to as the "Cornish Question". Historians point to the fact that in 1508 the 'Charter of Pardon' was granted by Henry VII to give Cornwall (Kernow) a legal right to its own Parliament and the 1858 Cornish Foreshore Case confirmed that the Duke of Cornwall is considered to be a quasi-sovereign within the Duchy of Cornwall territory (Kernow). In 1971 The Kilbrandon Report into the British constitution recommended that when referring to Cornwall official sources should cite the Duchy not the County and in 1977 Plaid Cymru MP Dafydd Wigley confirmed in Parliament that the Stannators right to veto Westminster legislation is still valid today.
'Ere, I reckon it's that there Cornish conspiracy theory again - what they doin' about that 50,000 petition for more autonomy, that there Cornish Census tick box, more money for a proper Cornish language and recognition as a proper indigenous ethnic group with the Council of Europe ? matter do 'ee ?
by Hywell June 19, 2008
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This is my theory:
It is not that muffins are ugly cupcakes, but that cupcakes are altered and frosted muffins. The dye on them refers to tanning and the frosting refers to an excess amount of makeup. Cupcakes are whores in the muffin world, while muffins are pure and natural.
Now tell me, whose the ugly dessert now?
This is my theory:
It is not that muffins are ugly cupcakes, but that cupcakes are altered and frosted muffins. The dye on them refers to tanning and the frosting refers to an excess amount of makeup. Cupcakes are whores in the muffin world, while muffins are pure and natural.
Now tell me, whose the ugly dessert now?
Belle: Muffins > Cupcakes
Monica: Muffins are just ugly cupcakes.
Jared: Actually, cupcakes are just altered muffins with makeup on. I call this the conspiracy theory against muffins and cupcakes.
Belle: So cupcakes are whores?
Jared: That would be weird because cupcakes are inanimate objects. But yes, exactly.
Monica: Muffins are just ugly cupcakes.
Jared: Actually, cupcakes are just altered muffins with makeup on. I call this the conspiracy theory against muffins and cupcakes.
Belle: So cupcakes are whores?
Jared: That would be weird because cupcakes are inanimate objects. But yes, exactly.
by Jared Stein & Belle Miranda March 25, 2012
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