Even Greener Pastures

Conspiracy def: An agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act.

We need a new word. Example: You don't think Kennedy was killed by one guy using an old, worn-out, inaccurate { Italian! [ Junk ] } rifle not suited to the task and you get labeled a 'conspiracy theorist.'

I don't quite see what you're getting at, Jerry. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if somebody believes producers of sedans* got together and decided to murder President Kennedy because his preference for convertibles was detrimental to their business - which would qualify as a conspiracy, right? - then that somebody believes in a conspiracy and is therefore a conspiracy theorist, isn't he?

*Oops, I've just found out that "sedan" and "convertible" are not antonyms. Sigh. Well, you know what I mean, don't you?

What I mean is that if you don't swallow the official line, then you're a conspiracy theorist. At least that's how the term is used over here in the New World. 

So, what do you suggest, Jerry? Dubitationist? Suspicionist? Me, I'm rather in favor of "sinistrologist". Or how about "spinner"? (You'd just need to ignore the word's German meaning. )

Suspicionist has a rather nice ring to it. Good job.  Or maybe just skeptic or sceptic.

Yeah, a Spinner would be a good word.

I‘ve never gone in for conspiracy theories. I liked that old Oliver Stone movie from the 90s or so, JFK I think it was called. But, after awhile, I‘ve noticed that conspiracy theories sort of fade away, maybe have a shelf life and then no one cares.

It‘s like the 9/11  conspiracy theorists.

Noam Chomsky gave a good talk on this several times. He doesn’t mention it here, but I heard him say that, as a general rule, secrets are pretty hard to keep, especially on something as large as the 9/11 conspiracy theory, but he goes on to make a couple of pretty valid points: