Extremist

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Overview

An extremist is a person or organization advocating measures or ideas which seem "unwarranted or at least beyond what is acceptable in a civilised society." (W)

Reference

• Extremism: Wikipedia

Extremist Groups

• The Church of Euthanasia is borderline-extremist, as they do not advocate harm to others but merely advocate certain measures which (probably) strike most people as rather extreme
• Westboro Baptist Church seems to hate just about everybody, starting with (but not limited to) gay people, and are an almost textbook case of extremism