Ever since Sam Stone decided to repeatedly, and for years, post the big lie that Rachel Carson was the cause of the death of millions, and that he saw people that wanted to defend the environment where we live as deserving of contempt, and he willfully ignored the evidence that showed how wrong he still is, it is clear that he does see the ones that do look at science regarding climate change and other environmental concerns to be on the same group.
Really, him continuously following the poisoned wells of information that told him what to think about Rachel Carlson and proponents of Climate Change mitigation, means that he does think that people that defend science when it is inconvenient to some industries are defenders of mass murderers too.
What do you think is the respect that he does show when he believes that?
Exactly what many on the board did see and continues to see.
The point here is that you need, besides getting better sources of info as shown before in this thread, to be careful about whom you defend with your white knighting.