Pacifism is not to not fight, it is not tumbling over to be the passive bearer of demands and cruelty of he who chooses to inflict suffering or bad choices on others. No, pacifism can take form in passive-resistance. It is not puffing your chest being the loudest in the room, and it doesn’t outright aim to defeat people in any sense whether that is verbal or physical. It is an understanding approach, to understand the others side, accommodate it if possible, find a middle ground if need be, or offer, not force an alternative way of seeing or doing things.