re: Trump to tap conservative activist Tom Fitton to serve on judicial oversight body

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The White House announced Friday that President Trump intends to appoint prominent conservative activist Tom Fitton to a judicial oversight agency that would grant him the power to unseat judges in the Washington, D.C., judiciary.

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So, help me out with an honest question.

I think that the term “conservative activist” has a pejorative meaning, and I assume, possibly wrongly, that other conservatives also find it to be an insulting term.

However, it seems like most liberal activists actually treat the label of “activist” as a compliment. If a progressive judge is labeled as a “liberal activist”, don’t they consider it a badge of honor?