Jay KuoNov 21, 2022
Everyone is focused on who the Club Q killer in Colorado Springs is and what his motive was. Those aren’t the questions we should be asking. I explain why in today’s piece on stochastic terrorism and what should be doing about it.
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/the-motive-behind-the-massacre-isnt?sd=pf
The Motive Behind the Massacre Isn’t the Right Question To Ask

It didn’t take long after the horrific shootings at Club Q in Colorado Springs before the media, politicians and the public focused on the motive of the killer. Was it a hate crime, or just some random attack? Papers were at pains to say that the club and the community deemed it a hate crime, even while withholding judgment and waiting for authorities to issue more information on the background of the murderer. Fox News, true to form, ran a

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Show threadJoshua Sheppard
@jaykuo, I wholeheartedly agree. As a society, we are structured to reward the inflammatory rhetoric which drives these kinds of heinous attacks. Since the rise of social media there have been far fewer gatekeepers to information. This has resulted in a decentralization of ideas until we are left with the collective stream of consciousness we have now. People are pushing boundaries for likes with no thought of the consequences. Grow the followership at any costs. It is unconscionable.
Nov 21, 2022 at 4:29pmWeb
Show threadBruceNov 21, 2022

@Jshep2is @jaykuo

I have mixed thoughts on this. I like the idea, but I don't see it as compatible with the US standard of guilt in a criminal court: "beyond the shadow of doubt." I also don't see 12 jurors commonly agreeing on guilt.

It might work in a civil court, but then you'd have to establish the % likelihood that any statement or group of statements led to a particular event, and that would be very difficult to agree on. In short, I don't see it as workable.

Show threadJoshua SheppardNov 21, 2022
@bruce @jaykuo I think that it is one of those things where government/law cannot evolve as quickly as the world does. In the end, we are left with either media platforms taking a stand, or society at large deeming something unacceptable. As for the media, at the end of the day, they are a business... when there is enough public furor, advertisers will balk, and media companies will change to protect their revenue. As for society at large, there isn't an easy answer... hate is a learned behavior