Ukrainian and, specifically, Odessa mass media, almost any bandyuk is easily called an “activist”.

Let's understand.

"Activist" is a socially active citizen. This is, in general, a positive term in a democratic society: without people who organize themselves, hold events, come to rallies - there is no democracy, and there can be no mention.

If the activity shown by the citizen is openly and undoubtedly criminal, then this, in the context of the event, is at least a suspect, but rather an offender, a criminal, a thug, and so on and so forth..

You do not call "GRU-shnyh saboteurs Petrov and Boshirov" tourists?.

And any titanic fighters with fake crusts of journalists - for some reason do not call "journalists" too?.

So, the principle of civic and public activity should not be ignored by the products of your non-professionalism and inspire the passive part of society to be even more passive, pofigizm and apathy, lack of reaction to any lawlessness going on right under your nose, and.

Yes, the Ukrainian society, for the most part, is still prohibitively, catastrophically passive, does not want to solve its own problems, does not want to take any responsibility for these (common!) Problems.

But in 2014, it was the activists who became volunteers, volunteers, and tons who saved Ukraine. Therefore - bear, journalists, conscience.