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> Is he really a nuclear lobbyist? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Shellenberger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Shellenberger > Does that make a
by mlevental 7y ago
> Is he really a nuclear lobbyist?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Shellenberger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Shellenberger
> Does that make anything he is saying not factual?
it's a smell test - burden of proof goes up
- H8crilA 7y agoThe guy has literally been commanding in an expert capacity the treatment of Chernobyl victims, for years. Your sense of smell is defective.
- erentz 7y agoIs he paid by the nuclear industry is what I was wanting to know? This label “lobbyist” gets used to malign people and cast aside anything they might have to say a lot. It’s usually only used against those which are promoting an idea that someone already disagrees with. So for example an anti-nuclear but pro-wind power person will throw out a “he’s a lobbyist” label to an article by this guy then ignore what he’s saying. But without any irony completely lap up something written by a wind-power producer who makes money selling wind turbines or similar. If the guy writing this is a lobbyist because he is making the case for nuclear, and thus we must disregard him, then anyone making the case for anything is de facto a lobbyist and we should disregard everything. I would much rather see people actually try to refute or counter the facts and claims this author presents, but that almost never happens which leads me to believe the only way people have to rebut him is the ad-hom route as the person I replied to did: label him with that despised “lobbyist” word so people tune out.
- mlevental 7y ago> Is he paid by the nuclear industry is what I was wanting to know? wrong question. right question: does he have a vested interest misrepresenting the position? if i own a burger king franchise i'm not a beef lobbyist but i do have a vested interest in misrepresenting the facts on beef farming.