• CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org
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    1 year ago

    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.[1] Dehumanizing a targeted group or individual in a way that could incite violence[2] may also provide plausible deniability for the instigator.[3] Since 2018, it has been used to analyze possible inspirations of lone wolf attacks.[4] Sociologist Ramón Spaaij worries the increasing prevalence of this type of rhetoric in the discourse will lead to more political violence.[5]

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic_terrorism

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      1 year ago

      Which is not even close to “one driver was incredibly frustrated at the people blocking him from going home”