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# How Stochastic Terrorism Uses Disgust to Incite Violence
- URL: https://werd.io/how-stochastic-terrorism-uses-disgust-to-incite-violence/
- Published: 2022-11-21T07:32:41.000Z
- Updated: 2022-11-21T07:32:41.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:22

“Dehumanizing and vilifying a person or group of people can provoke what scholars and law enforcement officials call stochastic terrorism, in which ideologically driven hate speech increases the likelihood that people will violently and unpredictably attack the targets of vicious claims.” [#Society](https://werd.io/tag/Society)

\[[Link](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-stochastic-terrorism-uses-disgust-to-incite-violence/)\]