Reply #2: For one, I really hope things are not just stabilizing, but getting to a point where cleanup can

[Warren DeMontague]

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You are right; things here ARE extremely polarized, not just evidenced by the reactions of people on DU, but also by the reactions of the professional (mostly right wing) pundit class- Ann Coulter, for instance, screeching about how radiation is 'good for you'.

You have to take into account a couple things; first, people here are used to being lied to, used to assuming they're being lied to, and most people on DU are aware that there are VERY well-funded interests putting out disinformational noise on everything from oil spills to global warming to the so-called 'dangers' of marijuana. And no matter how you slice it, what has happened if Fukushima is very serious; it's a serious accident, and even in the best-case scenario it is going to have long-term consequences for the immediate area around the reactors.

But that said, you're right- and personally, while I am someone who is VERY concerned about not just Fukushima but the blase attitude taken towards these radiation releases by our government, but I also am more than willing to challenge someone who posts, say, Alex Jones or Infowars as a source on a breathless story about how 'nuclear explosions' are imminent. Bad science pisses me off, as do silver peddling, tin foil crisis bloggers.


I do think most of us want the same thing, i.e. stabilization and minimization of any further damage or contamination.