Thanks for a well thought, well written answer!

I guess I missed the point of the comic a bit…

I think you’re right, they either expressed themselves wrong or misinterpreted the panel.

So, for this I guess there was whoosh! My bad.

I should’ve thought some more before replying to you.
I saw someone defending ecology under a post that could be seen as ridiculing it so my brain went all white knight towards what seemed to me like a pedant dick… But turns out I was the dick.