[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 138 points 1 day ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic_terrorism

Stochastic terrorism is political violence that has been instigated by hostile public rhetoric which is directed at a group or an individual. Unlike incitement to terrorism, stochastic terrorism is accomplished by using indirect, vague, or coded language that allows the instigator to plausibly disclaim responsibility for the resulting violence.[1] A key element is the use of social media and other distributed forms of communications where the person who carries out the violence has no direct connection to the users of violent rhetoric.[2]

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago

We are a handful of days away from some right wing weirdo showing a video of a non-white person sneezing and captioning it with "wtf they firing guns in the street". And that will become a popular talking point, and people will demand the death penalty.

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 day ago

The stochastic terrorism is the wild claims infrahumanising certain groups on social media. Then someone decides to act on those claims, and the people who posted them say "I had no idea that would happen".

Rinse and repeat until you've made the world worse, then die with lots of money.

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 1 day ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic_terrorism

Stochastic terrorism is political violence that has been instigated by hostile public rhetoric which is directed at a group or an individual. Unlike incitement to terrorism, stochastic terrorism is accomplished by using indirect, vague, or coded language that allows the instigator to plausibly disclaim responsibility for the resulting violence.[1] A key element is the use of social media and other distributed forms of communications where the person who carries out the violence has no direct connection to the users of violent rhetoric.[2]

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Subtitle: Springfield’s immigrant community was targeted by far-right extremists months before Trump shared racist rumors

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 day ago

I have a strong desire to go to Gaza to support people there. That would be a kind of suicide, like suicide by cop, but instead suicide by regular bombing of areas designated by the military force doing the bombing as a zone that they wouldn't bomb and I knew that when I went to that area.

Sadly, me being killed as a non-Palestinian by a military force which is killing indiscriminately would change nothing. It is apparent that many people think it is okay for a military force to kill indiscriminately. No number of deaths of Western people would be shocking, because 'they shouldn't be there'. Where is 'there'? A place where Palestinians are trapped, in order to be killed. The infrahumanisation of Palestinians has been there from the very start, it was assumed from the conception of the opinion, and from the conception of the children.

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago

And it changed nothing.

By that metric no human effort has any ultimate meaning, and choosing to live over choosing to die is just as tedious.

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago

Thank you! Being judged negatively by a member of species which fails to feed children, and instead seems to prefer giving money to people who preach hatred against groups based on their identity (or just funding endless pieces of media which are all broadly similar) instead, I will take that as a compliment.

Please know that, when I die - whether that is by my own hand or not - I suspect I will not think 'wow I wish I'd been here for longer'. I've been here for 42 years. It's not great. People do not live up to my lofty moral ideals of supporting each other to make a better world.

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It’s saddening that so many people devote their short lives on spreading hatred and violence when they could be putting efforts into furthering the human race

I think it's that these people actually really like inequality.

Furthering the human race involves helping other people, so a lot of effort is diluted into everyone, and 'me and people like me might not benefit more than others'. Scapegoating an outgroup means reducing the status of others, so that 'me and people like me will end up being elevated over that group'.

This preference for harming others is then turned into a potent political weapon, because hatred is still a legitimate political position. And, as long as it is so, I expect humans to hate themselves into irrelevance.

If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you. — Lyndon Johnson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy)

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 1 day ago

There are always better alternatives than taking your own life.

You are not entitled to me choosing to live just because you emotionally prefer that outcome.

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 1 day ago

The gender ratio in compsci in my institution is around 8:2 male:female.

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 1 day ago

When boys are performing worse than girls in school, do you just pretend this isn’t statistically and factually happening to them

Ah, very clever. You're trying to paint the issue of "performing worse" as "happening to them", as if boys are being oppressed.

Please do keep on revealing your biases in your language, I find it fascinating. Oh, and do make sure to tell all the boys and young men around that you don't hold them accountable for their own actions, because they apparently have no power over how well they perform. I guess all those naughty girls and women are firing their filthy female mind rays at them, taking away their ability to do homework and revise for exams.

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 91 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Hi, I'm a teacher. The young men I see 'villainized' tend to make their own life harder by feeling entitled to money and status without actually trying to achieve anything. Their entitlement then causes them to act in unpleasant ways.

I don't see many young men being treated badly simply because of their chromosomes or external genitalia.

 

yet at every step they’re villainized

Sounds like you're saying that if a man goes to the bathroom and washes his hands he is villainized. After all, washing your hands is a step in a procedure.
You probably don't mean that. Maybe you are employing hyperbole to make a point. Please explain.

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Carol Higgins was 15 when she first reported her father’s abuse to the police. They told her he wouldn’t be charged. But she refused to let it rest until he finally stood trial

Higgins gave a 17-page statement, signed it and was given a painful internal examination. At the end of it, she was informed that Appleyard would not be charged. Apparently, the case wasn’t strong enough. There was no forensic evidence. The police told her that because her brother, who was 14, was a minor, his account was inadmissible. They said that, should the case reach court, her name and sexual history would be dragged through the mud. Could she handle it? Higgins said she couldn’t.

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In January 2019, after more pushing by Higgins, who refused to let it rest, Appleyard finally stood trial. It took the jury less than two hours of deliberation to find him guilty of 15 sexual offences against her, including rape and sexual assault. He was sentenced to 20 years. Earlier this year, Higgins also received £15,000 compensation and a public apology from West Yorkshire police, acknowledging that her “extremely serious and truthful allegations took too long to come to justice”.

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Temperatures above 50C used to be a rarity confined to two or three global hotspots, but the World Meteorological Organization noted that at least 10 countries have reported this level of searing heat in the past year: the US, Mexico, Morocco, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, Pakistan, India and China.

In Iran, the heat index – a measure that also includes humidity – has come perilously close to 60C, far above the level considered safe for humans.

Heatwaves are now commonplace elsewhere, killing the most vulnerable, worsening inequality and threatening the wellbeing of future generations. Unicef calculates a quarter of the world’s children are already exposed to frequent heatwaves, and this will rise to almost 100% by mid-century.

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Here is a picture of a frog. (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

The frog that is in this picture is the subject of the picture, which is why it is a picture of a frog.

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"Israel presents itself as an LGBT haven in the region, but for Palestinians it offers neither refuge nor solidarity"

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Interpret 'hardest' however suits you. Look forward to your answers!

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