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Can we call it stochastic terrorism now? [View all] backscatter712 Aug 2012 OP
Can you see the red queen? slackmaster Aug 2012 #1
Is the Pope Catholic? n/t backscatter712 Aug 2012 #2
I think they do, whenever they see someone not white and not serving them. tblue Aug 2012 #26
Raymond Shaw is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life SidDithers Aug 2012 #39
Certainly seems to fit. And not JUST the attack on the Sikh temple, either. calimary Aug 2012 #3
Way beyond that. Basically, the NRA issued a General Call for Preemptive Action.... Junkdrawer Aug 2012 #4
they are some paranoid mf'ers spanone Aug 2012 #8
Only to an extent krispos42 Aug 2012 #65
And this NRA release is itself stochastic terrorism. n/t backscatter712 Aug 2012 #15
The NRA are as much paranoid tin foil hat conspiracy theorists... Initech Aug 2012 #25
+1 uponit7771 Aug 2012 #31
So increasing gun violence is just part of a fiendish plan to take our guns away? Patiod Aug 2012 #33
Yup, you do nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #52
My gun-loving brother-in-law was saying that. backscatter712 Aug 2012 #55
How about this Wayne.... Junkdrawer Aug 2012 #57
I think that's also the NRA trying to Dash87 Aug 2012 #62
The local stochastic terrorists are named Mark Belling and Charlie Sykes. Scuba Aug 2012 #5
No kctim Aug 2012 #6
The whole point of using stochastic terrorism techniques is to make it hard to prove. backscatter712 Aug 2012 #7
It is ridiculous kctim Aug 2012 #21
It may or may not be intentional. lapislzi Aug 2012 #28
That's pretty convienent then kctim Aug 2012 #35
You are obviously not paying attention. nt docgee Aug 2012 #37
Disagree. lapislzi Aug 2012 #46
So what happens if someone listening to the stochastic terrorism debate Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2012 #59
I am not missing the point at all kctim Aug 2012 #61
"Once is a tragedy, twice is a coincidence, three times is enemy action". MissMarple Aug 2012 #50
Nice try, strawman ozsea1 Aug 2012 #36
how have these crimes infringed on their rights? barbtries Aug 2012 #42
You don't know how false flags work? kctim Aug 2012 #63
Glad to see you've got the skinhead/neonazi camp's back. kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #44
You're wrong lapislzi Aug 2012 #10
One more point - Stochastic Terrorism doesn't even have to be conscious. backscatter712 Aug 2012 #12
A Conspiracy so vast and pervasive that even its adherents don't know they're part of it slackmaster Aug 2012 #16
+1 uponit7771 Aug 2012 #30
So what do you suggest? Missycim Aug 2012 #34
Seriously? lapislzi Aug 2012 #48
Why would you be at pains to deny that stochastic terrorism applies in this instance?... truth2power Aug 2012 #17
As defined here, yes kctim Aug 2012 #38
Totally. Different. Animal. lapislzi Aug 2012 #49
Not any different at all kctim Aug 2012 #58
It's a non-falsifiable theory that seems to change as it needs to. Brickbat Aug 2012 #18
Then why aren't right-wing establishments getting shot up, people murdered? Ikonoklast Aug 2012 #19
If left-wing talk show hosts incited such incidents, they'd be summarily executed meow2u3 Aug 2012 #40
You got that right. Ikonoklast Aug 2012 #45
Which is little different from the right-wing's usual rhetoric. backscatter712 Aug 2012 #54
I love Alex Jones ,we're just not orpupilofnature57 Aug 2012 #53
does the Ursidae defecate in the sylvan glade? KG Aug 2012 #9
I would reply in the affirmative. lapislzi Aug 2012 #11
After Aurora, yes, we can nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #13
Yes, and it's just getting started. BeHereNow Aug 2012 #14
Time to put MORE stickers on our cars. Nostradammit Aug 2012 #24
no way barbtries Aug 2012 #43
Yes, when a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee sees 'terrorists' sinkingfeeling Aug 2012 #20
There's a reason why it's called STOCHASTIC terrorism - it's random. backscatter712 Aug 2012 #22
Yes! malaise Aug 2012 #23
Shake the crazy tree frequently enough, and a NUT will fall out. JoePhilly Aug 2012 #27
Looking at the facts on its face? ***YES*** uponit7771 Aug 2012 #29
The speech from the right has become 'ELIMINATIONIST' LongTomH Aug 2012 #32
Looks like plain ol' hate to me...nt SidDithers Aug 2012 #41
Every time I read a Michelle Malkin piece I see it inciting the crazies. MissMarple Aug 2012 #47
That's what it is....so, Yes. (n/t) Iggo Aug 2012 #51
No not really RZM Aug 2012 #56
the idea that conservative pundits want to encourage people to shoot up temples is absurd arely staircase Aug 2012 #64
I'm not sure there's much overlap because the skinheads are so small in number RZM Aug 2012 #66
but who they make theor pitch too, which is the overlap im talking about arely staircase Aug 2012 #67
or a word people know nt arely staircase Aug 2012 #60
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