Activism is action on behalf of a cause, action that goes beyond the norm.

Activism has played a major role in ending slavery, challenging dictatorships, protecting workers from exploitation, protecting the environment, promoting equality for women, and many other important issues. Yes, absolutely true.

Activists are typically challengers to policies and practices, trying to achieve a social goal, not to obtain power themselves. Much activism operates behind the scenes. [COLOR="red"][COLOR="red"] Do not forget the activism that got the USA out of Vietnam, where we never belonged to begin with.

This is what has changed over the last years. The activism is NOT behind the scenes. It is devoted to achieve power.

And it has become intertwined with politics which is where it should never ever be. Au Contrair. It belongs directly WITH politics.

Our systems are a result of activism. If they were perfect systems there would never again be activism but we all know that is not going to happen.

NOBODY disputes activism but when it becomes part of the political process instead of being parallel to that process, you are looking at the normal political process becoming very radical and we see that happening today.

When the very core of our government has activists sitting at their right hand (see Sharpton as chief advisor to our President as one example No, Sharpton IS NOT THE CHIEF ADVISOR to the President!!) you are asking for big time problems and we have had them in that area and in my opinion taken so many steps backward.

Saul Alinsky wanted radical activists at the very seat of government. I, personally do not want that.

Understand, you are merging politics with activism and it should not or ever be that way. Yes, it should!