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No. A particular conspiracy may have a group of people that form a community. E.g. Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth but these people don't believe in flat earth.
If websites, internet forums, and subreddits are not real communities then there is no conspiracy theorist community.
If you allow websites, internet forums, and subreddits then the anti-conspiracy theorist community is just as valid as the conspiracy theorist community and they display many of the same dogmatic traits. Hence my mirroring of their words.
Again there are real world gatherings of conspiracy thinkers or people within a specific conspiracy community like MUFON. There is no skeptic convention that carries the same sense of togetherness. There is no community of anti-conspiracy theorists that grants a sense of belonging to something bigger whoch is one of the traditional appeals of conspiracy theorist groups.
Im stopping here. I can only spend so much time repeatedly pointing out that your position is non-factual. If you can’t tell the difference between a formal organization with a membership list and an internet forum I can’t help you.
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Incorrect. Online there are, but for some reason you want to pretend the internet doesn't exist.
https://mufonsymposium.com/
Look here’s a convention for UFO people! A real world gathering of people in a real life community with a membership organization that all buy into a conspiracy.
You’re wrong and clownishly so.
A forum isn’t a real community.
Oh look. People gathering to discuss a single subject. Not people wanting to discuss flat earth or 9/11.
"Conspiracy theorists" is an invented label used to shut down discussions and feed the anti-Conspiracy theorist's superiority complex.
A wuhan lab leak is a conspiracy theory. Don't discuss it.