conspiracy fallacy

A fallacy of the form: Conspiracies happen, therefore the conspiracy I believe in is happening.

"An elite globalist cult of Democrats and Hollywood stars is eating babies and harvesting their adrenochrome and the only person who can stop them is Donald Trump"

"Don't you think that's a bit tinfoilhatty"

"Actually conspiracies happen! Like for example the NSA's wiretapping program."

"That's the conspiracy fallacy. Don't you think that QAnon bullshit is just a bit too bizarre?"

"Whatever, sheeple."

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