It was 1967 when that report I linked to was released, but the phrase "conspiracy theorist" didn't show up in the media (according to the small dataset I looked at) until 1973. It is "conspiracy theory" that showed up before that. Note the difference. One is a theory, about a conspiracy. The other is targeted at a person. YOU can be a conspiracy theorist but you can't be a conspiracy theory.

In the old newspapers I looked at it wasn't a weapon, it was just a term like you would use now, like "cooking recipe" or whatever. As for the specific conspiracies I don't remember. If I think about it tomorrow I will make an effort to find the links.

It was 1967 when that report I linked to was released, but the phrase "conspiracy theorist" didn't show up in the media (according to the small dataset I looked at) until 1973. It is "conspiracy theory" that showed up before that. Note the difference. One is a theory, about a conspiracy. The other is targeted at a person. YOU can be a conspiracy theorist but you can't be a conspiracy theory.

In the old newspapers I looked at it wasn't a weapon, it was just a term like you would use now, like "cooking recipe" or whatever. As for the specific conspiracies I don't remember. If I think about it tomorrow I will make an effort to find the links.

It was 1967 when that report I linked to was released, but the phrase "conspiracy theorist" didn't show up in the media (according to the small dataset I looked at) until 1973. It is "conspiracy theory" that showed up before that. Note the difference. One is a theory, about a conspiracy. The other is targeted at a person. YOU can be a conspiracy theorist but you can't be a conspiracy theory.

In the old newspapers I looked at it wasn't a weapon, it was just a term like you would use now, like "cooking recipe" or whatever. As for the specifics, I don't remember. If I think about it tomorrow I will make an effort to find the links.

It was 1967 when that report I linked to was released, but the phrase "conspiracy theorist" didn't show up in the media (according to the small dataset I looked at) until 1973. It is "conspiracy theory" that showed up before that. Note the difference. One is a theory, about a conspiracy. The other is targeted at a person. YOU can be a conspiracy theorist but you can't be a conspiracy theory.

In the old newspapers I looked at it wasn't a weapon, it was more like just a term, like you would use now, like "cooking recipe" or whatever. As for the specifics, I don't remember. If I think about it tomorrow I will make an effort to find the links.