Main Entry: vigilante
Pronunciation: *vi-j*-*lan-t*
Function: noun
Etymology:Spanish, watchman, guard, from vigilante
vigilant, from Latin vigilant-, vigilans
Date: 1865
: a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law appear inadequate); broadly : a self-appointed doer of justice
–vigilantism \-*lan-*ti-z*m\ noun
Leave it to the liberal press to try and paint these folks in a negative light. I would expect nothing less.
I counted the "v" word seven times in the bit, then went back and ran a search on her previous works in Reuters. NONE of the previous work was so poorly written, she was pushing the concept.