First of all, with the abundance of libraries, which stock reference materials such as dictionaries, as well as the availability of the internet to procure a correct definition, there is little cause for you to misunderstand a word or phrase.
As for what Republicans do or don't do, I can't help you. I am no Republican. Of course, since I'm a decent human, I am virtually incapable of being a deploracrat. For myself, though, there is a difference in terrorists looting, burning, maiming, and murdering because a few criminals encountered varying degrees of justice, and generally good, law abiding people taking a fairly moderate stand against liberal tyranny.
Finally, no, I am not giving up my job to become a police officer. Of course, I won't use any authority I may have in my current position to destroy the lives of those with whom I disagree politically, unlike the Stasi wannabees that are the majority of Western leftists.