Moynihan dismissed activists labeling him a Nazi or a Fascist as misinformed hysterical alarmism. Some of the nominated ideas have elicited accusations of alarmism by others. At the same time, he was fiercely critical of environmental alarmism and sloppy environmental policy.. Alarmism is using inflated language, including an urgent tone and imagery of doom. As an environmental commentator, I have a long record of opposing alarmism. Gregg Easterbrook characterized himself as having "a long record of opposing alarmism". Bachlund makes it clear that he intends a reference to alarmism and its tragic consequences. Instead of policies that simply reacts [sic] to alarmism.