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Moody Monday: mass murders in USA
2022-Nov-21, Monday 09:59 amI said before everything that needed to be said. Yet here we are again. There are so many mass shootings that we hardly need special attention for them anymore, lest we risk becoming The Onion reprinting the same article over and over again.
I've mentioned stochastic terrorism before. Keith Olbermann, of course, is using the same language for this event, because it's clear that Republicans in Colorado were speaking for years to encourage exactly this outcome. How many times have you heard about "grooming" from politicians during the last year? It's been popular in Florida for decades, the same place where somebody thinks they could challenge Trump for the presidency. There are no "sides" to an argument when one person thinks that other people just fundamentally should not exist at all. Somebody is grooming people, yes, but for violence. That's stochastic terrorism in a nutshell. AOC, my progressive hero and hopefully the next president, tells people to "connect the dots".
And this white-skinned terrorist previously was in custody for felony menacing and three counts of first-degree kidnapping for a bomb threat, but the District Attorney declined to prosecute then the court records were sealed. What now? Who was this District Attorney, a "bleeding heart liberal being soft on crime"? No, wait, it was a Republican who provided these answers during their recent campaign.
Not knowing anything else about the bomb threat (because the records were sealed), I have to assume the Family Guy racism color chart is at play in this release. We learned nothing from Kyle Rittenhouse, it seems. This emboldened young white guy went on to demand in August that a newspaper remove its article about his arrest since no charges were filed. It's still online because, of course, the threat actually happened. And he went on to mass murder.
I've mentioned stochastic terrorism before. Keith Olbermann, of course, is using the same language for this event, because it's clear that Republicans in Colorado were speaking for years to encourage exactly this outcome. How many times have you heard about "grooming" from politicians during the last year? It's been popular in Florida for decades, the same place where somebody thinks they could challenge Trump for the presidency. There are no "sides" to an argument when one person thinks that other people just fundamentally should not exist at all. Somebody is grooming people, yes, but for violence. That's stochastic terrorism in a nutshell. AOC, my progressive hero and hopefully the next president, tells people to "connect the dots".
At its core, stochastic terrorism exploits one of our strongest and most complicated emotions: disgust.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-stochastic-terrorism-uses-disgust-to-incite-violence/ (free archive)
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-stochastic-terrorism-uses-disgust-to-incite-violence/ (free archive)
And this white-skinned terrorist previously was in custody for felony menacing and three counts of first-degree kidnapping for a bomb threat, but the District Attorney declined to prosecute then the court records were sealed. What now? Who was this District Attorney, a "bleeding heart liberal being soft on crime"? No, wait, it was a Republican who provided these answers during their recent campaign.What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?
As your next District Attorney, I promise to tackle the issues that pose a threat to our children, our laws, and our community.
As your next District Attorney, I promise to tackle the issues that pose a threat to our children, our laws, and our community.
Not knowing anything else about the bomb threat (because the records were sealed), I have to assume the Family Guy racism color chart is at play in this release. We learned nothing from Kyle Rittenhouse, it seems. This emboldened young white guy went on to demand in August that a newspaper remove its article about his arrest since no charges were filed. It's still online because, of course, the threat actually happened. And he went on to mass murder.