This is probably also a good time to call attention to the fact stochastic terrorism is REAL. A documented fact. From a paper published in October 2021 by Molly Amman and J. Reid Meloy.
Stochastic terrorism has been bandied about in recent public discourse. However, it has received little scholarly attention, particularly in understanding its mechanics and the deeper psychological context in which it might flourish. The history and phenomenology of the term are elaborated upon, and its psychological meaning is explored through the application of linguistic pragmatics, the psychoanalysis of large group regression—what we term “poliregression”—and terrorism risk assessment. The January 6 Capitol siege and other historical events are used as illustrations.
Keywords: Stochastic terrorism, incitement, pragmatics, legitimation, insurrection, poliregression
The paper's introduction begins:
“Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?” These infamous words, attributed to Henry II of England, ominously preceded the Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Beckett’s murder in 1170. To be clear, the king neither participated in, nor ordered, the notorious assassination, yet he is widely accepted as being largely responsible for it. Historical accounts reveal that Beckett, in a long-running disagreement with King Henry II, had recently excommunicated bishops supportive of Henry II, infuriating the king. Variations of the saying differ slightly, but Henry II is quoted as having said in full, “[w]hat miserable drones and traitors have I nurtured and promoted in my household who let their lord be treated with such shameful contempt by a low-born cleric! Will none of these lazy insignificant persons, whom I maintain, deliver me from this turbulent priest?”
The king’s implication was clear—failure to support his desires through action would amount to treason in his mind. Ostensibly upon hearing their king’s thoughts—directed at his own household, no less—four of his knights formed a plan and traveled to Canterbury. Lyttleton chronicled an original intention of confronting the archbishop and perhaps kidnapping him, but they ultimately killed Beckett when he resisted their attempts at arrest.
There has never been a credible suggestion that Henry II ordered violence against the archbishop. What his speech did, however, was trigger a chain of events directly ending in murder and making that result much more likely to occur than if he had never spoken.
Former Trump fixer Michael Cohen. who served time in prison as a result of crimes he committed at the implied suggestion of now former President Trump has extensively shed light on how the former president "gives orders." Patterns Cohen described follow with exquisite precision that contained in retired FBI profiler Amman and Professor of Psychiatry Meloy detailed from more than history, 852 years ago in England.
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