Stochastic Terrorism...
As the right throw around accusations of liberal activists being ‘terrorists’. Aside from it being utter nonsense, this is all part of a carefully crafted narrative designed to not only stoke division, it is an inferred call to violent action.
I can tell you without fear of contradiction that Charlie Kirk was a stochastic terrorist.
Stochastic terrorism is a form of political violence instigated by hostile public rhetoric directed at a group or an individual. Unlike incitement to terrorism, stochastic terrorism is accomplished with indirect, vague or coded language, which grants the instigator plausible deniability for any associated violence.
This is a textbook definition of the president, the vice president and every major right wing talking head. And there was I thinking the US does not negotiate with terrorists. Might that be because the government itself is a terrorist organization?
Thanks to Danielle Kramer for this excellent explanation.
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