I could well be wrong...
...as if often the case, but I got the impression that "disgusted" may have concluded that carl was attempting to establish some sort of functional (perhaps even causal) link between the epsiode and the event.
Personally, I didn't think that's where carl was coming from*, and in fact found his post quite interesting. I've never seen the tv show in question, but always got a kick out of the Gunmen on the X-Files.
*However, it certainly appears that damned, oft-touted utensil, Ockham's Razor, does in fact cut both ways.