[patrick451]

It's not disrespectful to point out conflicts of interest. Recusing yourself is standard practice for good reason.

[mwt]

Harboring skepticism of the work people did with a seemingly fraudulent researcher is a good idea. Dismissing everybody in a field whether or not their work is fraudulent is disrespectful approach (not to mention useless).

[sonotathrowaway]

It’s not even a good faith argument, people cannot prove they’re not biased.

It’s just your basic lazy conspiracy theory thinking dressed up as cynical aloofness.