There’s a Name for What They’re Doing to Donald Trump
The article argues that repeated hostile rhetoric by Democratic figures and media personalities toward Donald Trump constitutes a form of 'stochastic terrorism,' where inflammatory language indirectly encourages political violence without explicit calls to action. It references the attempted assassination by Cole Allen and criticizes CBS for broadcasting parts of the suspect's manifesto. The piece draws comparisons between past societal restraint in covering extremists and current media practices, suggesting a deliberate effort to incite violence through dehumanizing political discourse.
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There’s a Name for What They’re Doing to Donald Trump Athena Thorne | 10:58 AM on April 30, 2026 Stefani Reynolds/Pool via AP Once upon a time, there was a societal pact in this country that, when a depraved lunatic committed an atrocity, no one would breathe a word of his motives, speech, or writings. When Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kicked off the school shooting craze at Columbine High School in 1999, we didn’t speak of what they thought they were accomplishing. Their so-called basement tapes were never publicly released, and authorities destroyed them in 2011.
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