He was definitely a polemicist, but he was also — and usually all at the same time — a political activist, a journalist, an essayist and a defender of civil liberties, the oppressed and the orphans in our society.
Polémiste, certes, il a également été, et le plus souvent simultanément, activiste politique, journaliste, essayiste, défenseur des libertés civiles, des opprimés et des orphelins de notre société.