Ask them if they can define the difference between a conspiracy theory and a reasonable suspicion. Whatever their answer is, keep it in your back pocket until it's time to talk about pizza or Q related topics.
I would steer them from "conspiracy theory" to the term "organized crime." No reasonable person denies the existence nor the deep-penetrating influence of the various mafias of the world. They corrupt police officers, government officials, and judges. How do mafias go from minor-league bands of criminals to powerful mafias? Could there be a mafia of mafias that rule above them all? How likely is it that no powerful crime syndicate would desire to achieve that position?
Ask them if they can define the difference between a conspiracy theory and a reasonable suspicion. Whatever their answer is, keep it in your back pocket until it's time to talk about pizza or Q related topics.
I would steer them from "conspiracy theory" to the term "organized crime." No reasonable person denies the existence nor the deep-penetrating influence of the various mafias of the world. They corrupt police officers, government officials, and judges. How do mafias go from minor-league bands of criminals to powerful mafias? Could there be a mafia of mafias that rule above them all? How likely is it that no powerful crime syndicate would desire to achieve that position?