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What does stochastic terrorism mean? Stochastic terrorism is “the public demonization of a person or group resulting in the incitement of a violent act, which is statistically probable but whose specifics cannot be predicted.” The word stochastic, in everyday language, means “random.” Terrorism, here, refers to “violence motivated by ideology.” Here’s the idea behind stochastic terrorism:
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stochastic terrorism [ stuh-kas-tik ter-uh-riz-uhm ] noun the public demonization of a person or group resulting in the incitement of a violent act, which is statistically probable but whose specifics cannot be predicted: The lone-wolf attack was apparently influenced by the rhetoric of stochastic terrorism. Racism, sexism, xenophobia, prejudice, hate rhetoric create stochastic terrorism where people …
With the religious right’s otherworldly loyalty to Trump and outright endorsement of his coup attempt, it was only a matter of time before a Trumpvangelical crossed the line into calling for outright violence. Well, last week Rick Wiles of TruNews did exactly that. On the day before Thanksgiving, he called for Trump to have Democrats …