Noam Chomsky identifies as an anarchist, and he is not violent and blows things up, so evidence exists that it is possible.
He’s not one of the good guys.
https://www.e-flux.com/notes/470005/open-letter-to-noam-chom...
To me it seems self evident and non-controversial to all but the sneeriest of intellectuals, that some people are just bad.
Simple. Look at the guards at the border. Are they employed because people keep trying to sneak into the country, or out of it?