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3. It's called stochastic terrorism

Reply to Heather MC (Reply #1)

Tue Aug 23, 2022, 07:30 PM

Aug 2022

stochastic terrorism
[ stuh-kas-tik ter-uh-riz-uhm ]SHOW IPA

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.

And he's an expert.

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