The term "conspiracy theory", I heard, was coined when J. F. Kennedy was shot. The official explanation was that a single person was responsible for his death. Some people claimed that more people had conspired to kill him.
After Sept.11, 2001, the official explanation of the terror strikes implied that at least several dozen people were involved. Although the official theory is thus a conspiracy theory, still other theories are dismissed by labelling them such.
The word "conspiracy theory" seems to have changed its meaning. Originally, it meant: a theory implying the existence of a conspiracy. Now it has at least a strong connotation of: a theory contradicting the official truth, or: a view contradicting consensus reality.
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