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The way I understood it 'FUD' refers to a propaganda tactic that consists of aggressively spreading misinformation in order to spread (as the name suggests) fea

The way I understood it 'FUD' refers to a propaganda tactic that consists of aggressively spreading misinformation in order to spread (as the name suggests) fear, uncertainty, and doubt about your opponents' arguments. The key being that the person seeding the misinformation knows the information to be false or dubious. Expressing concern isn't even close to the same thing. Maybe I'm being overly sensitive about this, but I can't help but feel that if 'that's spreading fear / uncertainty / doubt' is considered a valid argument, then it can be used to dismiss anyone expressing concern or questioning something. Which in my opinion should be avoided at all costs.

flyingfences 10y ago
>'FUD' refers to a propaganda tactic that consists of aggressively spreading misinformation ... which is exactly what has been going on for quite some time. There is a very real and very vocal anti-nuclear contingent that has been active for decades. Some of it is players in the fossil fuel industry who don't want their market share diminished. A much larger, much more vocal portion is the moonbats (Greenpeace, et al.) who have never considered any option other than "tax the rich to build more solar panels everywhere". They've been churning out propaganda for decades and their propaganda is what most people have heard and listened to. End-of-the-world-as-we-know-it emotional appeals are much more convincing to the layman than are actual scientific, logical explanations. I think FUD is a very accurate term to describe the current popular views of nuclear power.