He believed that the denialist scientists he supported were an oppressed minority group who had been unfairly treated by the scientific community – a feeling that was all too familiar to him emerging from the struggle against apartheid.
Anaamini kwamba wanasayansi wapinzani anaowaunga mkono walikuwa kundi la wachache waliotengwa ambao hawajawa wakitendewa ilivyo haki na jumuiya ya wanasayansi wenzao - akiamini kwamba alikuwa anafahamu vilivyo kuwa hayo yote ni sehemu ya mapambano dhidi ya ukaburu.