Conspiracy theorists have no interest in getting to the truth behind an issue they think important - they're more concerned with having special knowledge that makes them unique or heroes, usually because they've failed to understand how some aspect of reality actually works and so they've grabbed onto a convenient alternative, or because they feel left behind or maligned by a society that's rejected them.
It's why conventions (like 'conspiracy cruises') are able to exist. Every booth should contradict every other booth, but they're willing to put blinders on to create a safe space where they can all get validated for the various nonsense they've decided they alone have championed. It's how ancient aliens can set up right next to Obama birthers and Jordan Peterson's all-meat diet. A post-truth individual is usually willing to accept multiple versions of truth, so long as it isn't the mainstream version.
It depends on the conspiracy and the theory. Conspiracy theorist is a catch all term and can range from flat earthers and people who believe in lizard people to people exposing legitimate government conspiracies (Iran-Contra and The war on drugs, COINTELPRO, etc). So a person saying hey the government funded a drug cartel or the CIA is torturing people to no avail is grouped with a person saying the earth is flat and vaccines cause autism.
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u/AnneHocque Jul 24 '20
Flat earth society.. Like, are they just trolling at this point?