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The media and the Democrats exploit another tragedy to silence their opponents
American Thinker ^ | 22 Nov, 2022 | Rajan Laad

Posted on 11/22/2022 5:15:25 AM PST by MtnClimber

"Stochastic terrorism" is the latest front on the Democrats' disinformation war.

A few days ago a youth opened fire with an AR-15 in a gay nightclub called Club Q in Colorado Springs, killing five and wounding 25. The shooter was subdued in the club and eventually arrested.

This isn’t the killer’s first encounter with law enforcement. He was arrested in June 2021 after threatening to bomb his mother’s house with a homemade device. The Colorado Springs Gazette reported that the district attorney’s office didn't formally charge the shooter, hence he was allowed back into society. Colorado’s Red Flag laws which allow judges to order the temporary confiscation of weapons from such individuals could have been used here, but they weren’t.

So, what are the Democrats and their PR wing that masquerades as the mainstream media saying? They are once again shamelessly exploiting the tragedy to target an silence their opponents and push their agenda. They claimed the Colorado shooting was the result of ‘stochastic terrorism.’

So what does stochastic mean? The word stochastic has no mention in the Oxford Dictionary. Meriam Webster's dictionary states that the word ‘stochastic’ means random or probabilistic. The Scientific American defined stochastic terrorism as follows:

“Dehumanizing and vilifying a person or group of people via ideologically driven hate speech increases the likelihood that people will violently and unpredictably attack the targets of vicious claims.

“Stochastic terrorism exploits one of our strongest and most complicated emotions: disgust.”

The Scientific American claimed that reporting on Drag Queen Story Hour, where individuals interact with young children, is an example of “stochastic terrorism”.

This term was also used following the attack on Paul Pelosi.

The word ‘preposterous’ isn’t sufficient to express how ridiculous this newly invented term is.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: banglist; clubq; colorado; communism; democrats; media; newspeak; stochasticterrorism; wrongthink

1 posted on 11/22/2022 5:15:25 AM PST by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

Were ANTIFA and BLM “Stochastic terrorists” too?


2 posted on 11/22/2022 5:15:35 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Place The Simpson’s meme ‘He was on our radar”


3 posted on 11/22/2022 5:19:24 AM PST by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness )
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To: MtnClimber

The shooter was bullied so much that he changed his name at age 16. If you denigrate the shooter, you’re just being a bully.


4 posted on 11/22/2022 5:21:49 AM PST by struggle
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To: MtnClimber

Why does the right keep bringing up Colorado’s Red Flag laws could have stopped this when Red Flag laws are an extremely bad idea to begin with. It’s complete BS.

Had they simply arrested the POS back in 2021 when he was originally arrested for kidnapping and terroristic threats. The DA didn’t charge him and they sealed his file.

The DA is the problem should be charged with aiding and abetting in the murders.


5 posted on 11/22/2022 5:25:45 AM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: MtnClimber

Seems like those who celebrate exposing young children to “Drag Queen Story Hour” should be the first to be labeled STOCHASTIC.


6 posted on 11/22/2022 5:34:06 AM PST by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement! There)
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To: MtnClimber

Stochastic terrorism sounds like what the left has been doing for at least the last 7 years with their unbridled hatred spewed 24/7 against Trump and his voters, and anyone else who disagrees with them about anything. Their Stochastic terrorism has already resulted in numerous murders, assaults, arson, and vandalism.


7 posted on 11/22/2022 5:34:15 AM PST by euram
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The dumb news reader “hoda” called him a gentleman arrested for the shooting.
Gentleman? How did that skank get hired for anything?


8 posted on 11/22/2022 5:38:21 AM PST by 9422WMR (45 1. Lie, cheat, steal. It’s how the democRATS operate. )
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Where did he get the AR-15 (if it really was an AR-15).
In this day and age I can't help but wonder if someone found a bullied boy and put him up to this.
Made sure he used an AR-15 so the Left can push to outlaw them and all other "assault weapons".

9 posted on 11/22/2022 5:39:14 AM PST by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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Stochastics is best known as a mathematical concept commonly used by technical analysts who trade stocks, commodities, interest rates, and currencies.

The basic idea of stochastic modeling - in finance, science, and engineering - is to study a process that appears to be completely random - like stock prices - in hope of discovering mathematical probabilities for certain outcomes.

Stochastic Terrorism sounds like something dreamed up by a tenured Social Sciences professor who wants to harvest a couple grams of academic credibility from the Hard Sciences.

10 posted on 11/22/2022 5:59:16 AM PST by zeestephen (43,000)
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There is not one Leftist who is unhappy about what happened at Club Q. They take pleasure in "The Narrative".

11 posted on 11/22/2022 6:07:14 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: MtnClimber

Good question.


12 posted on 11/22/2022 6:21:00 AM PST by sauropod (Fascists also buy Comcast cable packages" - Olby - Wanna buy mine?)
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