Against "Stochastic Terrorism"

“Stochastic terrorism” is the idea that if you spread fear and mistrust against a target, then eventually people will commit violence against that target, and it will be your fault, even if you never specifically said the words “you should commit violence”. Some other popular examples of the concept:Nativists spread fear and distrust about Muslim immigrants, and then racists go on shooting sprees in mosques.The #Resistance insists that Donald Trump would destroy democracy, and then various people try to assassinate Donald Trump.Conservatives spread fear and distrust about transgender people, and then bigots commit hate crimes against transgender people.Woke people say the police are racist and brutal, and then other woke people murder police officers.Socialists call health insurance companies greedy and accuse them of blocking life-saving treatment, and then Luigi Mangione murdered a health insurance CEO.AI safety activists say that Sam Altman’s AI could destroy humanity, and then a…