He attempted a coup. I think that qualifies him as an extremist.

Really? When/Where did he attempt this “coup”?

If anything, as time goes on it’s becoming more obvious there was a continual coup against him, including direct collusion by the opposition political party with foreign governments and actors to try to prevent his election.

Confession through projection.

> When/Where did he attempt this “coup”?

The autocoup was basically attempted between election day 2020 and the end of his lawful term in office, though some preparatory groundwork was done before, and quite a lot of residual activity continued after (mostly, it seems, around preventing accountability rather than continuing the initial coup attempt). Jan. 6, 2021 was key crisis point in the attempt (and often conflated with the attempt rather than being viewed as part of a larger whole.)

Wow. You've really gone down the rabbit hole.

Another question:

Is extremism inherently wrong?

>I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!

—Barry Goldwater, 1964

If you have to ask the question you already know the answer...

I don't see the logic there, but in case it adds to the conversation, I will say that I think that it is fairly clear that extremism is not inherently a bad thing, unless it is defined as such (rather than literally) - in which case I think the word would lose most of its utility in conversations like this.

I find "extremism" to be used as a pejorative that is better interpreted as "non-mainstream" nowadays. Most people labeled as extremist are simply just that, not mainstream. Infact it is quite cynical of those within the mainstream to use this pejorative, since it by sleight of hand assosciates any ideas that the mainstream does not hold with what most others see as "violent extremists, wearing white robes and/or bombing subway stations".