Abstract: In this work-in-progress, I build from Iris Marion Young’s notions of inclusion and exclusion and Kristie Dotson’s framework of epistemic oppression, to show how some traditional views about what counts as a good source of justification can participate to internal epistemic exclusion, which contributes to second order epistemic oppression. Whilst theories of justification often seem detached and independent from social structures, I aim to cast doubt over the apparent fairness of the process of engagement with one another, as some epistemic agents are subjected to internal exclusion, even though they are reasonable and engage with the rest of the group. This leads me to argue that members of oppressed groups who use affective experience as a source of justification are unduly excluded from epistemic exchanges. In contrast, I explain why conspiracy theorists who argue on the basis of their affective experience should remain duly excluded.