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EFLImpudence said:
That does not make sense.

What then would you call the people who plan and carry out a conspiracy (e.g. a conspiracy of silence)?
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I didnt know you could carry out a conspiracy -I thought thats the whole point -they arent real.
 
If they are carried out they are real aren't they? Have you never heard of people being found guilty of conspiracy to defraud for example.
 
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Notch7 said:
I didnt know you could carry out a conspiracy -I thought thats the whole point -they arent real.
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Yup, sooey et al. have ruined it for everyone else. They believe in everything so provide cover for actual conspiracies.
 
EFLImpudence said:
Yes, true.


Perhaps the word (conspiracist) has been misused so often that it is now confused - like so many.
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Nope, as far as I know that's always been the use of it. Mirriam-webater thinks it was first used in 1975 and for that use.

It's not an elegant word, but it is a Scrabble worthy one.
 
EFLImpudence said:
Yes, true.


Perhaps the word (conspiracist) has been misused so often that it is now confused - like so many.
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My understanding is the same as yours. Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators, or conspiracists, conspired to blow up the Houses of Parliament, their plot was a conspiracy.

But a 'conspiracy' as we tend to use the word on here is an 'untruth' rather than a 'plot', so maybe there is a dual meaning.

Also, things change, one day, everybody will be saying 'would of'.
 
fillyboy said:
Also, things change, one day, everybody will be saying 'would of'.
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