Do not think of radicalization as an on or off switch. It’s more complicated than that, but it feeds off an environment of legitimacy from the top, a legitimacy that allows for violence as a form of political expression.
#stochasticterrorism 1/
#stochasticterrorism 1/
It is a radicalization that is given voice in this remarkable and piercing article by @AsteadWesley. 2/2
Or one that casually remarks about the relative “Jewishness” of Trump critics, a casualness that must be called out lest it’s anti-Semitic roots are just allowed to sit there as the mere rantings of the unstable lawyer for the President. 3/
This is the 2020 playbook. A vague enough type of incitement that enrages the crowd but allows for plausible deniability by leaders and leaves reporters too sheepish to call it what it is.
It is a form of terrorism. Name it. There are no lone wolves #stochasticterrorism 4/4
It is a form of terrorism. Name it. There are no lone wolves #stochasticterrorism 4/4
