What is a conspiracy theorist? Isn't that just someone that asks awkward questions?

The hiding of the truth by governments and politicians tends to be the centre of most conspiracy theorists. They dare to suggest that a politician or a government would do something, sometimes an horrendous thing against it's own people, for a political or financial motive. They tend to be denounced as idiots and traitors by patriotic people of their country as these people would never believe their government would ever decieve or treat its own people in such a way. I'm not a conspiracy theorist nutter, but I do believe that many things about 9/11 don't add up and so do a vast amount of people. The latest conspiracy theory in the UK surrounds Vince Cable. It seems to fit in too nicely that Vince Cable, who oppossed the takeover of BskyB by Murdoch, should happen to put his foot in it, has now been relieved of anything to do with the media, and that it is now in the hands of a man called Hunt who, by the way he has spoken in the past, has already made his mind up to back Murdochs takeover. So people rightly ask, did Vince make the gaff on purpose, or (more likely) was he set up by the right wing press, or the Tories and did Cameron have anything to do with it. It's pretty obvious to all and sundry that Cameron made a deal with Murdoch for his support in the election campaign and it was going to be very difficult for him to uphold his end of the bargain with Cable in charge, but like magic, that hurdle has now been removed. As I say, I'm no conspiracy theory nutter, but I do think that people shouldn't be so quick to accept everything their government and politicians tell them, or so naive to believe that they wouldn't put money, power or their political ideology before their own countries citizens.