> These police actions are immoral, unjust, and just plain nasty, and the best way to stop having your cities set on fire is to stop them happening.

That is, by definition, actual terrorism. Attacking a civilian population to achieve a political goal. It doesn't matter how awesome or not your goal is.

You're going to find the same issue with that approach that most violent people do - people resist and fight back. Several rioters have already found out that lesson.

> This is completely different to an entitled middle...

No, not really. Insurrectionists will also discover their nonsense will not be tolerated.

> it's naive and misleading to suggest the two are somehow equivalent.

Stop using violence to achieve political ends. See? Easy.