Exactly. It’s a win-win for the leftists. If whites don’t retaliate, they continue to suffer attack. If they do retaliate, the left and their lapdog media will portray the whites as racist haters for defending themselves. That’s the power of ownimg the mainstream media.
One approach might be to retaliate against the media a few times. If a few media vans go up in flames while filming the riots they so love, the media might be more circumspect about covering them in gory detail.
"Oh look, the youths are approaching the building! I hope they burn it for some great footage! .... And Freddy's Fashion Mart goes up in flames! Hurrah, rioters!"