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In reply to the discussion: Plutonium from Fukushima is a global catastrophe. [View all]NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)Helen Caldicott got busted lying about Chernobyl. Frankly, I'm not particularly inclined to believe most of her claims since I don't know if I can trust them to be accurate.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/dotearth/2013/11/06/helen-caldicott-chernobyl-and-the-new-york-academy-of-sciences/
You attempted to divert the topic from Caldicott's credibility on radiation by bringing up her position on transparency c which is frankly irrelevant.
The straw men about the Dulles' and lack of transparency surrounding nuclear power serve no purpose other than to inflame emotions. Mixes right in with the ad hominem by trying to tie criticism of the anti-nuclear fringe with some really horrible people.
Commenting on your apparent lack of understanding about radioactivity is not an ad hominem, it's a simple analysis of your arguments and rhetoric. Your knowledge on the subject is extremely limited and the little you claim to understand comes from blatant liars and fearmongerers.
For someone who spends so much time bemoaning others for engaging in "propaganda", you seem to be engaging in a ton of it yourself. Diverting from the topic at hand, setting up strawmen, and poisoning the well are all tactics of the propagandists you claim everyone else to be.