1/ Who should we blame for the storming? Is it Trump's rhetoric? QAnon and other conspiracy theories? Lack of security? Mob mentality? How about all of it. To understand political violence we need to distinguish between violent propensity and motivation as @noemie_bouhana does. 2/ Propensity is what psychologically builds up over time and what many call "radicalization". It's basically how someone's ideas, identities, threat perception and so on are built up to increase the likelihood that they will act in a violent way.

What power do we have in preventing the next white nationalist #terrorist attack? I draw from our brain scan studies of #jihadist supporters to give some insights in this @nytopinion vid. It means changing the way we talk in the aftermath of an attack. 1/
nytimes.com/2020/03/02/opi… "Terrorists rely on you and me and the way we speak about their crimes to increase the impact, the virtual blast radius, massively, from a small town to the whole nation... We have a power and responsibility to save lives, but it means changing the way we talk." 2/