>I used the absurd image to highlight and undermine the conspiratorial tone of the OP. The absurd image doesn't undermine their assertion, because you just mad

>I used the absurd image to highlight and undermine the conspiratorial tone of the OP. The absurd image doesn't undermine their assertion, because you just made it up. The logic in your rebuttal was nonsensical: "This conspiracy theory evokes an image of a villain petting a cat, and that is an absurd image, therefore the conspiracy theory is absurd."