Because words mean things.
Is graffiti "violence"?
No, I'd claim it's arson and thus a crime, and that I have lost a lot of property that has great value to me.
It's not
violent, however.
Because words mean things.
You seem to think "violent" is a statement of severity, when it isn't. It's a description of the character of an act. A mother spanking her child for writing on the walls is "violent". But not something that is
severe. It's entirely possible for a non-violent crime to be more severe and noteworthy than a violent crime. Your example of a hate crime by Nazis, destroying a family home, for instance, is more severe than a bar fight where one guy got punched in the chin and then left the bar without serious injury. The former isn't violent, and the latter
is, however.
Because words mean things.
Edit: Regarding the deaths in protests, you
really need to stop listening to propaganda. Nearly all those deaths have either been unconnected to the protests entirely other than coincidentally (they were about personal beefs or were accidental or the like), or they were by
right-wingers;
https://abcnews.go.com/US/deaths-con...ry?id=72724790