Well said. I think that some of those nutcase conspiracies are planted there so as to taint anyone that asks reasonable questions and researches real conspiracies gets tainted by the same brush.

The CIA weaponized the term 'conspiracy theorist' in CIA Memo 1035-960 which is available for all of us to read as it was released under a FOI request.

if the Gov't wanted to discredit Assange and turn the public against him they should read my blog and spread it far and wide. Any genuine journalist would also.

Thanks @crypto-investor - you've made some good points.