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“Stochastic terrorism”

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Donald Trump, Laconia Rally, photo Michael Vadon / Wikimedia Commons

It can’t have escaped most people’s notice that a candidate for the President of the United States — that male one — has just issued a veiled threat in his most recent campaign speech, apparently and obliquely inciting his followers to take violent action against his political rival, and in so doing he has engagedĀ in what some might call an act of “stochastic terrorism”. Continue reading