Culture of Confusion: Inside the Riots Reshaping Our Politics

The untold story behind protests, riots, political violence, and the struggle for truth in America's age of unrest. “Fearless, meticulous, and unfashionably fair.”-Nadine Strossen | Past president of the American Civil Liberties Union, Senior Fellow at FIRE, and coauthor of The War on WordsOver five years of on-the-ground reporting, Jeremy Lee Quinn dissects the riot culture that reshaped U.S. politics from 2020-2026. Blending eyewitness livestreams, interviews, and case studies, he shows how mob psychology, decentralized militant tactics (black bloc, viral “diversity of tactics”), and social-media amplification turned protests into sustained cycles of violence.Quinn traces parallel radicalization on left and right-from Minneapolis, Portland, and Kenosha to Santa Monica, Los Angeles, and January 6-documenting arson, targeted assaults, and political vigilantism (the Sonoma pig’s-head episode, WiSpa clashes, CHOP, Proud Boys/Oath Keepers).He critiques media framing, cancel culture, and a