Following the 2020 George Floyd incident in Minneapolis and the emergence of Black Lives Matter-inspired criminal justice reform, a movement swept across many of America’s big cities, treating violent felons more as victims of a corrupt system deserving forgiveness than dangerous criminals needing confinement, even if they tend to reoffend once back on the streets.

Today, as protests continue to condemn Israel in support of Palestinians in the Gaza conflict, progressive entities such as LGBT groups proclaim support for Hamas forces enforcing Islamic sharia teachings that would outlaw their lifestyles, often upon threat of death.