[rainytuesday]

Apparently the term dates to the late 1910s. https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=%22conspiracy+...

[DANmode]

This may be why the commenter used "popularized".

[rainytuesday]

You don't have to be patronizing, it's off-putting.

[DANmode]

If gently being corrected is off-putting, I'm not sure how to help.

Provide a recommendation for a more neutral tone? That was the intent.

[rainytuesday]

If you actually looked at the link, you could wonder what happened in the 1910s that popularized the word? Or wonder what caused that spike around 1960 and not just assume people are illiterate and in need your "gentle corrections".

[DANmode]

We're making the same point.

I was pointing out the purposeful use of the word "popularized" over "invented" or "created" or "made up", as it's written in poor reproductions of this conspiracy theory, because the verbiage a popular way to discredit the entire point.