A Digitallighting tactic that accuses the target of being a “charlatan,” “con artist,” or “fraud,” often based solely on their beliefs, practices, or experiences. Conlighting is frequently paired with prooflighting and psycholighting: the perpetrator demands
impossible evidence of sincerity or efficacy, then uses the target’s failure to meet those demands as “proof” that they are intentionally deceiving others. It is especially common against spiritual practitioners,
alternative healers, and anyone whose worldview falls outside strict
scientific materialism. Conlighting weaponizes suspicion to destroy credibility.
Example: “She offered free guided meditations; he called her a con artist
exploiting the
vulnerable. When she asked how, he said ‘real
meditation doesn’t need guides.’ Conlighting: labeling someone a fraud because you don’t share their practice.”