There's a weird form of mental slavery among some that declares a person as bad if they speculate, make connections, or ask questions outside the "official" narratives set by the corporate media. The magical words "conspiracy theorist" is all they need to say to shut people up and have them not ask questions.
Even wikipedia gets it wrong: ""A conspiracy theory is the fear of a nonexistent conspiracy"". They made up a definition. They would be accurate if it were called "nonexistent-conspiracy theory". So, insecure people become afraid of questioning authority or else they will be labeled a bad word by someone. Absurd and pathetic, but people fall for it all the time. Words control people lives. Words cast spells. The word origin of "spell"', as in casting a spell, is related to the word spelling. And all someone has to do is say the magical words "conspiracy theorist" and insecure people will immediately drop their reason, instincts, and curiosity and go along with the acceptable, approved thought.
There's also the fear of being wrong or "failing" that prevents people from free thought, expression, and action. Scott Adams says he failed at starting 21 different businesses, but is worth $60,000,000. Magical word spells should have no effect on anyone whether the spells are cast on them by others or by themselves. It's okay to be wrong. Detectives would seldom solve cases if they were in mortal fear of making one assumption that could turn out to be wrong.
Hoax supporter Kamala Harris' recent meeting with hoax supporter Al Sharpton.
Interesting Mega! So Wiki not only uses the word conspiracy to define a conspiracy theory, but they define theory as something other than what theory means.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theory"Definition of theory
1 : a plausible or scientifically acceptable general principle or body of principles offered to explain phenomena
the wave theory of light
2a : a belief, policy, or procedure proposed or followed as the basis of action
her method is based on the theory that all children want to learn
b : an ideal or hypothetical set of facts, principles, or circumstances —often used in the phrase in theory
in theory, we have always advocated freedom for all
3a : a hypothesis assumed for the sake of argument or investigation
b : an unproved assumption : CONJECTURE
c : a body of theorems presenting a concise systematic view of a subject
theory of equations
4 : the general or abstract principles of a body of fact, a science, or an art
music theory
5 : abstract thought : SPECULATION
6 : the analysis of a set of facts in their relation to one another"
