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CMV: If you aren't willing to educate others on your point of view, you are not an activist.

I see this on both the left and the right, although the phrasing is different. From the left it's "It's not my job to educate you" and from the right it's "Go do your own research, I did mine."

The whole point of activism is to enact change. That won't happen unless you get people on your side when they go to the voting booth, and that won't happen if you won't tell them what your point of view even is or why they should support your cause. 

If you're not going to try to further a movement, you should go home because you're in the way of the people actually doing the educating and doing the research you're too lazy to do. You actually turn people away because when someone asks why they should support your cause and you tell them it's not your job, they walk away thinking you're an incompetent hack and you just lost a potential supporter. Just stay home until you vote so you won't make things worse.
gpt
In US presidential elections, usually the goal isn't to convince undecided voters to vote for you. Instead, it's to make sure that people who already agree with you bother to come out and vote. The same thing applies to activism. It's not always about convincing the other side, or educating the ignorant about the issue. It's just about hyping up your teammates. 

In pretty much every fantasy, scifi, war, sports, etc. movie, there's a scene where the leader gives the team a pep talk. He or she hypes everyone up and then they charge into battle. That's what many activists are trying to do.

So if there is a niche issue, it's usually about educating people who have never considered the position. If there is a controversial issue where everyone has already picked sides, it's about hyping up your team before going into battle. Both are important concepts, and activists change what they do depending on the situation.