Boo who? The opposite is not complacent sheep. The opposite of these people would be those who have a balanced understanding of the world and know when and where to pick their battles. The point of the article (since you didn't actually read it) is that they nitpick and compare and virtue signal all day long, thus not getting any work done.  An opposite would be someone with a work ethic who does their politics on their own time and their own dime, not taking up valuable work day hours bitching that the drawing of the girl on the women's bathroom is 1/10th of an inch smaller than the drawing of the man on the mens room. Like that. Ignoring such an "insult" is not being a sheep. It's called being an adult. Try it.