Yes it is and your starting the urban legend by stating:
"... and soon it becomes fact in the fevered brains of his followers."
You conspiracy theory consists of a group (or cabal) of bashers thinking as a whole. When one poster makes a comment or expresses an opinion in your mind it automatically becomes a consensus of the group.
We are individuals, we don't have telepathic powers. Have you forgotten, we wear tin foil hats? LOL