The government having a monopoly on legitimate violence is politics 101. I agree that arguing by definition is bad form, but like beating someone up because the

The government having a monopoly on legitimate violence is politics 101. I agree that arguing by definition is bad form, but like beating someone up because they aren't letting you into the capital building so you can disrupt the counting of the votes for your political opponents is an extreme violent way of going about things. Encouraging such violence destabilized politics and encourages your opponents to start using violence too leading to an escalating cycle. You don't want to call that terrorism fine, but it is a very bad thing.