He's also sad about the turn the protests have taken and the extremists' hijacking of said protests. He's a very reasonable person. Things are rarely black and white, that's why I'm happy to read your and hear his perspective. Overall both you and him agree on most, i would say.

Anyhow, best would be to have you and him discuss directly, I'm a full and uninformed outsider to all of this.

My Indian colleague has had many level-headed discussions with him. He does not consider him an extremist at all either.