Troofers - that subset of conspiracy theorists and loons who think that the 9/11 terror attacks were some kind of government conspiracy, the Joos [or anyone other than al Qaeda] were behind it, etc. are claiming that they’ll tone down their nonsense on Sunday.

‘No bullhorning during the memorial.’

That’s always been the rule of thumb among ‘truther’ demonstrators at ground zero on Sept. 11, out of respect for relatives of victims of the terror attack, said Mike Skuthan, 32, a Web designer from Long Island who attends the demonstrations every year.

But after this Sunday’s memorial, Mr. Skuthan said, the bullhorns and signs will again be brought out and the groups will walk from one location to another in Manhattan chanting their message and engaging passers-by to help them call for a new investigation into the attacks.

‘You have the usual chants — ‘9-11 Truth Ends Wars,’ or ‘Two planes, three buildings,’ ’ Mr. Skuthan said. ‘The popular one this year will probably be, ‘Ten years, no justice.’ ‘

Members of the so-called 9-11 Truth movement range from extreme conspiracy theorists who believe that the Bush administration engineered the attacks to consolidate power, roll back civil liberties and help oil mogul friends. But then there are more moderate factions that simply insist that top government officials know more about the attacks than they have acknowledged, and then used then used the attacks as a pretext for invading Iraq. A large percentage of activists outline — often in great detail — what they call inconsistencies in government explanations of the attacks, which many call a governmental cover-up.

How nice of them. These folks have been deluding themselves and other gullible folks for years on end and now they’re going to tone things down a bit?

The Times glosses over just how nutty these folks are and is giving them a tinge of legitimacy by claiming that many of them are cloaking things in terms of civil liberties or a search for truth or facts.

The troofers have no interest in facts or truth. They’ve convinced themselves that something happened on 9/11 that involves government coverups, conspiracies, and other secretive actions that led to the murder of thousands of Americans and not the work of a cadre of Islamic terrorists who have been seeking to destroy the WTC since 1993.