Activists deserve more credit for our freedoms. I am thinking of those who have stood up under adverse conditions to confront injustice, support the oppressed, and refused to be pushed aside. I am not talking about the 'smug social justice warriors' who scold strangers over trivial matters or the naive dupes who stick petitions in your face or pester you for donations. I am talking about the people who have stuck their necks out and done the hard tedious work of building community.
Our hard-fought freedoms are now in jeopardy and it is time for activists to step up and protect them.