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Yes but also no. I've come to the conclusion that being too extreme is just stupid. You always need a little bit of wiggle room.
I don't think it necessarily implies extremism. It just means someone holds themselves to their own standards even when it's inconvenient or when no one's looking.
"It's not a principle if it doesn't cost you anything"
I mean that's sort of what I mean. I don't always hold myself to my standards.
For example I'm a tree loving hippie, but I have a ICE car (luckily its currently broken). I had to get one for work, I needed to get parts during the work day etc. I would have bought a EV, had I had the money for one. But anyway, having that car there, if I had cravings for some potato chips in the middle of the night, every now and then I'd hop in and pop to the shops. Not saying that was a weekly thing, but a few times a year I'd do that.
But I'm not gonna start hating myself because of that. As long as its a rare thing, its fine. Or perhaps my principle is "do your best, don't be too harsh on yourself."
I came across this quote recently: "We dont need a hanful of people doing zero waste perfectly. We need millions of people doing it imperfectly." - Anne Marie Bonneau