Conspiracy theorists has such a negative connotation but really, it's just a way to discount non mainstream thoughts. If an idea makes a person uncomfortable just point a finger and call them crazy right?
The truth often falls somewhere in the middle. That's enough for me to want to question absolutely everything.
Believe Nothing You Hear, and Only One Half That You See
"conspiracy theory" dates back to the CIA telling the "mainstream" media to use it as a derogatory term against anyone who did not believe the "official" report of the Warren Commission about the JFK assassination...