# Conspiracy Theories

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 17, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conspiracy-theories/503352 "2009-07-17T16:30:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conspiracy-theories/503352/161 "2009-07-25T03:17:35Z")

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> [@mswas](#):
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> These will continue to find favor for as long as there are people who disagree that something can be dismissed merely by calling it a ‘conspiracy theory’.

I will note that here you have reversed the process.

Nothing is dismissed because it is called a Conspiracy Theory. Proposals that are so ludicrous as to deserve to be dismissed are then accorded the title Conspiracy Theory.

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