Seems like a poor strategy to me. You can do that sort of thing to rile up the choir, but you have to actually preach to the non-believers.

An [x] shill making poor arguments the those on the fence is going to do less good for their employers than a shill making the strongest possible case for [x].

If anything, you'd assume the 'irrational' nuclear shills are actually being paid by natural gas and renewables interests, and vice-versa, to make the other side seem obnoxious and crazy.