That’s a very good point, and I didn’t really analyze the comparison.
I guess maybe meat eating isn’t the best comparison.
The closest comparison might be researchers developing some other technology, which maybe 2⁄3 people see as a net negative. E.g. nuclear weapons, autonomous weapons, methods for extracting fossil fuel, tobacco, etc.
But no campaign even really tried to stigmatize these researchers. Every single campaign against these technologies have targeted the companies, CEOs, or politicians leading them, without really any attack towards the researchers. Attacking them is sort of untested.
That’s a very good point, and I didn’t really analyze the comparison.
I guess maybe meat eating isn’t the best comparison.
The closest comparison might be researchers developing some other technology, which maybe 2⁄3 people see as a net negative. E.g. nuclear weapons, autonomous weapons, methods for extracting fossil fuel, tobacco, etc.
But no campaign even really tried to stigmatize these researchers. Every single campaign against these technologies have targeted the companies, CEOs, or politicians leading them, without really any attack towards the researchers. Attacking them is sort of untested.