Original sentence: The term is used pejoratively to dismiss or ridicule an allegation, potentially discouraging a careful analysis of its claims.Within popular culture the term may be used to indicate a type or collection of widely varied, allegedly eccentric or paranoid arguments, stories and narratives each in favor of the existence of vast conspiracy
Edited sentence: The term is also used in popular culture and more conservative thinking to indicate a wide variety of eccentric or paranoid arguments and narratives in favor of the existence of vast conspiracy.The term is also used pejoratively to dismiss or ridicule a claim, potentially discouraging a careful analysis of its claims