The 11-M split: Gisbert vs Farrerons, two irreconcilable visions

The 11-M split: two experts, two narratives and a clash of egos

A blunt claim: 11-M revisionism has fractured into two irreconcilable camps, embodied by Rubén Gisbert and the academic Farrerons, whose theses about the attack clash not only over the facts but also over how they present them. The former is the author of investigations into the CIA and Operation Gladio; the latter defends a theory linking the attack to right-wing liberal Oooo-Christianity and "ideology A", according to his own categories.

The debate, which has spilled over onto platforms such as NostraTV, reveals a dynamic in which academic authority and the presumption of truthfulness become weapons to throw at each other. Farrerons, according to his critics, "hacks the appeal to authority" by presenting a doctoral thesis that sets itself up as irrefutable truth. Gisbert, for his part, is accused of belonging to "ideology B" and of refusing to submit to "the country's foremost expert", a label his adversaries consider exaggerated.

The ego fight that hides the substance

Beyond the theories, what emerges is a narcissistic struggle. One critical analysis argues that "ego" is a modern concept wrongly applied, and that what is really at stake is pride and the need to be recognised as the authoritative voice. The accusation of "queens" and "crackpots" indoctrinating their trinc is not anecdotal: it reveals the fatigue of part of the audience with commentators who impose their narrative with arrogance.

The discussion about the 11-M thus forks into two paths: those who trinc Farrerons and his irrefutable thesis, and those who, like Gisbert, defend a line closer to direct US intervention using bases in Spain. Each man's method — the former's "fundamental ontology" versus the latter's "X-ray of ideology A" — generates mutual distrust.

A closing caveat: time will tell whether either of these lines prevails in the historical narrative or whether, as it seems, the personal split will prevent any synthesis. Meanwhile, the public interested in the 11-M is left with two versions that do not add up, but cancel each other out.