"Pure obfuscation?" That sounds like code for either "You made a good point, and I don't have an answer" or "I don't understand, could you dumb it down a shade?"

Political organizers get politicians elected. That is their sole purpose. Politicians hire political organizers to get them elected. Politicians are open about hiring political organizers to get them elected. Individuals and groups of individuals donate money to politicians to hire political organizers to get them elected. It's all on the up and up, and all very legal.

With me still?

Ok.

The word "community" is not the some as the word "political." I know they both have the letters "o," "i," and "t," but trust me when I say that they are different words. Now I know that you're having trouble with nuance, and I really wish I could demonstrate this in pictorial form, but I can't, so words will have to do. When you put the word "political" in front of "organizer," you've made a different job that when you put the word "community" in front of "organizer." Wow, that's a lot of syllables. Whew.

Community organizers help communities. They help communities by talking to people. They ask what people need. People tell them. They get groups of people together. They all talk about their needs. The discuss how to get things done. Sometimes, it's problems like gang violence. They might organize a community watch group. Other times it's a problem like high drop-out rights. They might start a parents-as-mentors group. Other times, the local alderman or councilwoman is ignoring a problem, like a pothole, a broken street lamp, or a bad drug corner. They might go talk to this politician. The community organizer helps with all these things.
Do political organizers do this stuff, you ask, eyes brimming with innocence. No, Billy [insert hearty, sympathetic laugh], they certainly don't.

Now, I know you want to make community organizers into political organizers, so I'll throw you a bone--community organizers help communities understand politics. They help community leaders understand how power is exercised. Sometimes these community people are poor. I know that's scary for some people--to imagine poor people understanding political power. So I guess community organizers are scary. I'll go one further. Community organizers help communities learn to hold their local politicians accountable. What? I know, right? Crazy. So I guess we can just call community organizers political organizers, right?

Sigh...Time for bed, Billy. I can tell you've reached your limit.