One sentence in her article makes that clear.
All violence is a breakdown of communication.
No, Allison, not all violence is a breakdown of communication. Someone beat you up solely because they wanted you silenced. They wanted to impose their will on you. No amount of communication would have changed that. Until violence is met with greater violence or blatant threat of overwhelming force, these events will continue.
Good point. And if you think about it, terrorism is the use of violence as a form of communication.