The problem is that some amount of people think this is activism. I call it amateur activism. As long as people find this to be an acceptable form of activism i

The problem is that some amount of people think this is activism. I call it amateur activism. As long as people find this to be an acceptable form of activism it will still go on, and anyone you hold accountable within the mob for their actions will be considered a martyr. I'm a veteran, there's a ton of outrageous posts I can make on social media that might gain traction. The fact is, those kind of actions don't really fuel any kind of partnership between me and people on the other side of what I perceive as a problem. It does fuel fear though, fear in administrators and representatives that they could be unhirable in a capitalist economy where your desirability as a worker is tantamount to your existence. I don't really desire a paradigm where I'm threatening someones life for my own desires and happiness. So, instead, I pay professional activists to help by being part of the discussions I don't want to have with people, and more importantly remove potentially tenuous discussions and convincing I'd have to do of regular people who don't understand the veteran world or experience. They're called lobbyists.