These writers and activists tended to have an optimistic view of human nature.

Until recently, AIDS researchers and activists in the United States tended to regard the denialists with derision, assuming they would fade away.

Political activists in Latin America, where psychotherapy is common, tend to be willing to seek it; people from other cultures are often less so.

At first, the fundamentalist activists tended to be inept, but gradually they learned to play the modern political game.

Early activists tended to express disapproval of the women who were prostitutes, rather than of the men who managed such services, particularly in the widespread military brothel system.

The activists tend to emerge from the same isolated communities that suffer most from pollution.

The political activists tend to lean left, but differ on candidates or tactics.

Indeed, genuine political activists tend to be reluctant to leave their country of origin because they feel they have a lot to do there.

Such activists tend to have little or no issue with consenting and informed adults undergoing surgery.