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CatWoman

(80,050 posts)
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 07:16 PM 13 hrs ago

they are all ignorant, disgusting idiots.

An armed militia stormed a National Weather Service radar site in OK after conspiracy theorists falsely claimed it controlled the weather. Disinformation and paranoia now pose real threats. From QAnon to climate denial, the GOP fringe is breeding domestic terrorism.

www.nbcnews.com/video/oklaho...

AJ (@k9rescue.bsky.social) 2025-07-20T23:02:55.936Z
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they are all ignorant, disgusting idiots. (Original Post) CatWoman 13 hrs ago OP
Stochastic terrorism mercuryblues 12 hrs ago #1

mercuryblues

(15,739 posts)
1. Stochastic terrorism
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 07:22 PM
12 hrs ago

Speech: A public figure or group disseminates violent, inflammatory rhetoric via mass-media, directed at people or groups of people, sometimes suggesting or legitimizing the use of violence.[1] This speech tends to be protected due to the use of ambiguous coded language, dog whistles, jokes, hints, and other subtext in statements that fall short of a criminal threshold for causation.[5][6][1][7] The 'it was just a joke' defense has been linked to early days of Nazism.[8] Other themes identified include black and white good vs. evil narratives[9] as well as painting an enemy as a mortal threat, which have been compared to the radicalization techniques used by terrorist groups.[10][11] These attacks are often repeated and amplified inside a media echo chamber.

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

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