I get trolled a lot these days by people with all sorts of ideological beef. It gets old, fast.

9/11 and 7/7 conspiracy theorists who believe that governments “did” 9/11 and 7/7 criticise me for being too “establishment”. On Twitter, arch 9/11 conspiracy wing nut accounts identified as Phil Greaves and Charles Frith have routinely called me a “shill” and a “stooge” of government.

Ironically, right-wing pundits dislike my work on outfits like Quilliam and the Henry Jackson Society, etc. and call me a “conspiracy theorist.”

Some ostensible leftwingers accuses me of “conspiriology” for criticising Iraq Body Count, its links to pro-war governments, and systematic undercounting of the death toll.

A few complete idiots have even said that I’m a paid Rothschild propaganda merchant, which sadly is not true, but would be wonderful if possible! ;)

Others in the various “truth” movements have complained that I’m trying to maintain a “mainstream” profile and so I have to walk a “tightrope” of sorts that means I actually believe 9/11 was an inside job but won’t say it for “tactical” reasons.

What’s really funny is that some right-wing nut jobs have actually said precisely the same thing as the truthers.

I guess what’s really amusing about all this, is that every single one of these dolts across the ideological spectrum are basically engaging in unsubstantiated theorising about lil’ ol’ me.

A few times, for instance, people have linked to this piece to claim that I’m a conspiracy theorist. They are especially shocked by the mere mention of anomalies in the collapses of the World Trade Center.

Worse, what those people ignore is that my work is not, and never has been, about conspiracy theories – as readers of this blog, my reporting, my columns, and my books know.

It’s about justice. It’s about the 9/11 families, some of whom I’ve met, and who were the first to take the lines of inquiry I’d identified and run with them in pressuring the Bush administration for an independent public inquiry.