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human
CMV: If you tell people that the rioting is okay because businesses have insurance, you promoting terrorism.

Terrorism is defined by dictionary.com as the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for popitical purposes. Burning down businesses is illegal, voilent, done for political purposes. Many people when talking about the protests just will say, "if you are white, its not your fight. Check your priveledge." However, some of these businesses dont have insurance, and are already struggling from corona. I think of it like how terrorists use hostages as negototion tactics to get what they want. The rioters are doing the same thing with businesses to make the government do what they want. I also want to say, it is for a good cause, I totally support the push for racial equality. I just dont support terrorism.
gpt
I think a dictionary definition isn’t the best way to go about understanding a nuanced concept like terrorism. 

In the USA, terrorism is defined in Title 22 Chapter 38 U.S. Code § 2656f as "premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents."

I think the riots and looting don’t qualify as terrorism because they are more of a spontaneous reaction to the violence perpetrated against a community, rather than “*premeditated* politically motivated violence.”  There has been a mixed reaction from organizations like BLM to the rioting and looting, and it’s clear that this political violence is not something they planned in advance or are capable of controlling for their own ends.  As many have pointed out, it could be hurting their cause rather than helping it; at the very least it is something they *wish* they had premeditated control over.