LOL... ABC thinks I'm an activist...

[Dantès]

I was a delegate at our state assembly yesterday.

Last night I heard them say: "Nearly 4,000 Republican Activists gathered..." to decide on who would be on the primary ballot.

I'm still laughing. Activists?

Sorry to inform you but anyone who is active in party politics is a party activist!

[Damocles]

Sorry to inform you but anyone who is active in party politics is a party activist!

That would be incorrect.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/activist

ac·tiv·ist [ak-tuh-vist]
noun
1.
an especially active, vigorous advocate of a cause, especially a political cause.
adjective
2.
of or pertaining to activism or activists: an activist organization for environmental concern.
3.
advocating or opposing a cause or issue vigorously, especially a political cause: Activist opponents of the president picketed the White House.


Unless your definition of "a cause or issue" is different than mine an assembly is not full of activists. It is a delegation duly elected to represent others.

[Cancel 2016.11]

That would be incorrect.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/activist

ac·tiv·ist [ak-tuh-vist]
noun
1.
an especially active, vigorous advocate of a cause, especially a political cause.
adjective
2.
of or pertaining to activism or activists: an activist organization for environmental concern.
3.
advocating or opposing a cause or issue vigorously, especially a political cause: Activist opponents of the president picketed the White House.


Unless your definition of "a cause or issue" is different than mine an assembly is not full of activists. It is a delegation duly elected to represent others.

Yeah Damo, those definitions make you a party activist.

[zappasguitar]

The Colorado Buddhist Republicans spoke at the assembly... I'm not alone.

You mean the other three members of the CBR attended as well?

[zappasguitar]

Yeah Damo, those definitions make you a party activist.

He fits the literal "textbook definition".

[NOVA]

I do not get my news from those programs, sorry, no gotcha this time. I like to watch BBC on cable if I watch the news, then my other sources are both conservative and liberal which I read online. They are delivered by email, it is quite a handy system.

Well that explains your ignorance.......thanks

[Jarod]

I was a delegate at our state assembly yesterday.

Last night I heard them say: "Nearly 4,000 Republican Activists gathered..." to decide on who would be on the primary ballot.

I'm still laughing. Activists?

Id say a delegate at a Party assembly fits into this category...

Activist - 1. an especially active, vigorous advocate of a cause, especially a political cause.

[Jarod]

Activist is not a negative description of a person.

[Cancel 2016.11]

Activist is not a negative description of a person.

Yeah, interesting that huh?

[Cancel 2018. 3]

Activist is not a negative description of a person.

it sure was here....don't be obtuse

[Dantès]

When yurt and tommy are groaning my posts I feel I must be doing something right!

[Mott the Hoople]

I was a delegate at our state assembly yesterday.

Last night I heard them say: "Nearly 4,000 Republican Activists gathered..." to decide on who would be on the primary ballot.

I'm still laughing. Activists?

Well Damo if you were not elected and you are promoting a specific political agenda then you are an activist. Having said that, what is wrong with being a political activist? I was a Republican activist, off and on, from 1981 to 1996.

[Mott the Hoople]

That would be incorrect.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/activist

ac·tiv·ist [ak-tuh-vist]
noun
1.
an especially active, vigorous advocate of a cause, especially a political cause.
adjective
2.
of or pertaining to activism or activists: an activist organization for environmental concern.
3.
advocating or opposing a cause or issue vigorously, especially a political cause: Activist opponents of the president picketed the White House.


Unless your definition of "a cause or issue" is different than mine an assembly is not full of activists. It is a delegation duly elected to represent others.

I don't know Damo. Accepting a position as a delegate strikes me as being a pretty vigorous form of advocacy to me. I mean what's your definition of vigorous advocacy? Sitting in the middle of the street, pouring gasoline over yourself and setting yourself on fire?

[patriot66]

That would be incorrect.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/activist

ac·tiv·ist [ak-tuh-vist]
noun
1.
an especially active, vigorous advocate of a cause, especially a political cause.
adjective
2.
of or pertaining to activism or activists: an activist organization for environmental concern.
3.
advocating or opposing a cause or issue vigorously, especially a political cause: Activist opponents of the president picketed the White House.


Unless your definition of "a cause or issue" is different than mine an assembly is not full of activists. It is a delegation duly elected to represent others.

You are certainly no Bill Ayers lol, or what's that whore wife of his name, you know the ones who attacked their own country.

[Damocles]

I don't know Damo. Accepting a position as a delegate strikes me as being a pretty vigorous form of advocacy to me. I mean what's your definition of vigorous advocacy? Sitting in the middle of the street, pouring gasoline over yourself and setting yourself on fire?

Seriously unrealistic, this would mean every politician was an "activist"... It makes the word meaningless. I was elected to go to and vote at an assembly, not to "converge on Boulder" to protest some specific position. Not every person involved in politics is an activist, that's just silly.

The way they reported it, it wasn't a convention/assembly... it was some form of protest to go there and Boulder was "shocked" that we "converged on Boulder". The reality was far different, it was simply an assembly, one that we have every election year, it was planned, and like every convention/assembly had security, etc. I wasn't there advocating one specific opinion in any special fashion, I was simply representing people who elected me.