Nuclear opponents seem to fall into two categories:
Those who fear the technology because they don’t understand it, and are reluctant to take the minimal steps to comprehension;
And those who recognize its potential all too well, and are reluctant to let human beings have untrammeled access to beneficial technology and economic power.
Neither group should be considered “leaders” or even be allowed to operate a bullhorn. Ignorance and laziness I understand, on a personal, visceral level ...
... but the tendency and desire to deliberately hold back your fellow humans, like the character “Dathan” played by Edward G. Robinson, the builder of the golden calf idol in “The Ten Commandments”, can only be something inherently evil.