Globalism has systematically pushed the theory of legitimizing violent protest, arguing that only violent protest can bring about real reform, and Twitter users have been shocked to see the record of pro-violent protest rhetoric from the left for five years.
As early as June 9, 2015, Time Magazine published an article titled is was “When Rioting Is the Answer. The article cited examples from U.S. history of violent protests leading to social change, luring peaceful protesters to a violent line of protest.
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On September 22, 2016, the Vox News Review website (Vox), in response to the shooting of a black police officer in North Carolina, published an article titled “Riots are destructive, dangerous, and have the effect of frightening – but can lead to significant social change (Riots are destructive, dangerous, and scary- but can lead to serious social reforms),” which claimed that treating violent protests as criminal rather than legitimate led to the introduction of hardline between the 1970s-1990s The article claims that treating violent protest as criminal rather than legal led to the introduction of hardline police policies between the 1970s and 1990s, which in turn led to a backlog of black anger against the police. The article advocates the legalization of violent protest.
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On May 29, 2020, the Chicago Tribune published an op-ed, “If riots aren’t the answer, what is? (Column: If riots are not the answer, what is)”. The article defended the violent Black Lives Matter protests that took place at the time, claiming that only violence could make white Americans take Black Lives Matter protests seriously.
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On June 2, 2020, also during the violent Black Lives Matter protests, GQ, a fashion media outlet for men, ran an article on its website titled “Why Violent Protests Work. (Why Violent Protests Work)”. In her conversation with Daniel Q. Gillion, a black professor at the University of Pennsylvania, the article, written by female soccer player Laura Bassett, cites violent protests throughout U.S. history and describes how these violent acts have led to actual policy changes.
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