Conspiracies.

[asher553]

Conspiracies exist. To believe otherwise is irrational. A claim regarding a particular conspiracy may be plausible or otherwise according to the available facts and evidence; but the whole business of dismissing "conspiracy theories" as inherently ridiculous, serves only to protect conspirators from scrutiny.

Comments

[ndrosen]

Agreed. And denouncing someone as a conspiracy theorist is easier than proving him wrong; on the other hand, those who, with no evidence, see vast conspiracies behind all events or cultural trends which they dislike can usually be fairly dismissed.