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DC Jew-slaying

James Lileks
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Headline: 2 Israeli Embassy staff members killed in shooting near Jewish museum in DC

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- One man and one woman were shot and killed outside of an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, law enforcement sources told ABC News.

The suspect in the shooting has been identified as a 30-year-old man from Chicago, Washington, D.C. Police Chief Pam Smith said.

She also said the suspect shouted "free, free Palestine" after his arrest.

One: You're not going to hear anything more about "stochastic terrorism," and how rhetoric produces violence, for a while.

Two: the Taylor Lorenz wing of the left has its new Luigi.

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  • Susan Quinn@SusanQuinn
    ReplyingtoPostmodern Hoplite

    Postmodern Hoplite (View Comment):

    I had to look up “stochastic terrorism”…guess I’m not as well-read as I thought I was.

    Gee, PH, you could have told the rest of us:

    Stochastic terrorism is a form of political violence instigated by hostile public rhetoric directed at a group or an individual. Unlike incitement to terrorism, stochastic terrorism is accomplished with indirect, vague or coded language, which grants the instigator plausible deniability for any associated violence. A key element of stochastic terrorism is the use of media for propagation, where the person carrying out the violence may not have direct connection to any other users of violent rhetoric (from Wikipedia)

  • Postmodern Hoplite@PostmodernHoplite
    ReplyingtoSusan Quinn

    Postmodern Hoplite (View Comment):

    I had to look up “stochastic terrorism”…guess I’m not as well-read as I thought I was.

    Susan Quinn (View Comment):

    Gee, PH, you could have told the rest of us:

    Stochastic terrorism is a form of political violence instigated by hostile public rhetoric directed at a group or an individual. Unlike incitement to terrorism, stochastic terrorism is accomplished with indirect, vague or coded language, which grants the instigator plausible deniability for any associated violence. A key element of stochastic terrorism is the use of media for propagation, where the person carrying out the violence may not have direct connection to any other users of violent rhetoric

    You’re right, of course. I guess my default setting is to assume that most Ricochetti are already up-to-speed on such terms.

  • Percival@Percival

    Taylor Lorenz, the world's oldest middle school mean girl. She doxxed The Libs of TikTok account holder then cried her eyes out over "on-line harassment" by people who objected.

    The cure for Lorenz is also the punishment for being Lorenz: being ignored until she shrivels up and blows away.

  • Sandra Blondie Bright@Blondie
    ReplyingtoPostmodern Hoplite

    Postmodern Hoplite (View Comment):

    I had to look up “stochastic terrorism”…guess I’m not as well-read as I thought I was.

    Susan Quinn (View Comment):

    Gee, PH, you could have told the rest of us:

    Stochastic terrorism is a form of political violence instigated by hostile public rhetoric directed at a group or an individual. Unlike incitement to terrorism, stochastic terrorism is accomplished with indirect, vague or coded language, which grants the instigator plausible deniability for any associated violence. A key element of stochastic terrorism is the use of media for propagation, where the person carrying out the violence may not have direct connection to any other users of violent rhetoric

    Postmodern Hoplite (View Comment):

    You’re right, of course. I guess my default setting is to assume that most Ricochetti are already up-to-speed on such terms.

    I was about to look it up, too. Thanks, Susan.

    Regarding the murders, is it wishful thinking that this guy has the book thrown at him?

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