Extremism does not lie in the refusal of violence, but in its normalization. As Tom Regan pointed out, in the face of absolute injustice, opposition must be absolute. Being an extremist against rape or slavery is a virtue; the same applies to the protection of sentient beings against exploitation.
An absolute injustice refers to an act or system of supreme moral gravity, which tramples fundamental rights and mortally wounds the dignity of sentient beings, without any justification or possible relativism.
Often, people believe that extremist positions are bad because one should always seek a middle ground. But this is false when it comes to major injustices, where moderation is no longer a virtue.
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