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2na fisherman

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6. Fired for being politically incorrect but not wrong.
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 02:26 PM
Sep 11

"Stochastic terrorism describes when influential figures use indirect or ambiguous rhetoric to demonize a group, which statistically increases the likelihood of politically motivated violence by unpredictable, ideologically aligned individuals." (Google search)

The far Right has always championed toxic political incorrectness as a badge of honor while denigrating "wokeness" of the Left as if to be asleep and ignorance were bliss. Now they want to martyr Kirk as the paragon of free speech for having shouted FIRE in a crowded theater. Matthew Dowd was fired from MSNBC for reporting the truth about stochastic terrorism and used this current example of it as this fatal shooting became the latest expression of it. He did nothing wrong but this network tries to mollify those that agree with Kirk's right to use hate speech must be seen as beyond reproach. So instead, management symbolically shoots the messenger because their wealthy shareholders and PR hacks demand action, however unjustified. Who's next, Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O'Donnell?

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