[RadioAstronomer]

and they got frustrated because the "luddites" turned out to be more knowledgeable than they assumed.

Not because the "Luddites" were more knowledgeable than assumed. – Far from it.

It was because the same “Luddites” would come back thread after thread with the same "dumb as a stump" previously refuted arguments who then proceeded to hijack every science thread that remotely could have shaken their worldview.

That's the real reason.

[betty boop]

That's the real reason.

Jeepers, RA. if that's all you saw, you really missed a lot.

[editor-surveyor]

"It was because the same “Luddites” would come back thread after thread with the same "dumb as a stump" previously refuted arguments"

It appears that the problem lies in your idea of what constitutes a refutation. Tis, Tisn't, seems to be your level.