[LexiMax]

> What is their ideology? Being political activists? How?

In today's post-truth landscape, words no longer mean their literal meaning, but are used as weapons.

The person you were replying to is very much aware that they are not literally a political activist. However, they find their positions so disagreeable that they want to label them as political activists because it creates a very specific connotation in people's heads.

It is about the furthest thing from a good faith framing that you can possibly get. But it's pretty par for course on Hacker News.