Violence sometimes absolutely is the right response. Let me quote some George Orwell:
"Pacifism is objectively pro-Fascist. This is elementary common sense. If you hamper the war effort of one side you automatically help that of the other. "
source: https://www.orwell.ru/library/articles/pacifism/english/e_pa...
In the context of 1942, sure, but there are many other contexts where such views are over-simplistic or dangerous.