One of the weapons that the Left uses to suppress dissent is to define words in a certain, specific way and then to accuse their opposition of being what they have defined. For example, during the Obama administration, they defined opposition to any of Obama’s plans as racism. In those days that was one of the worst things one could say about another person.
Opposition to same sex marriage was defined as being homophobic. Such people were intolerant and bigoted. And the list goes on and on.
Joe Biden’s “soul of the nation” speech was another example of this. In a primetime address, Biden defined anyone who supported PDJT as a domestic terrorist and a threat to democracy. Why? This would make it more palatable for the FBI to conduct raids against such people.
Dan Bishop, a Republican, has represented North Carolina’s Ninth Congressional District since a special election was held in 2019. Bishop seems to have caught on to a plot to use academic language (“stochastic terrorist”) to define voicing opposition to the left’s agenda as terrorism. First, define your opponents as terrorists, and then repress them.
🧵The Biden Admin has laid bare the Left’s plan. They want their opposition silenced and they’ll use the levers of the federal gov. to get it done. We see it often with Biden’s Department of Homeland Security – the “Disinformation Governance Board” wasn’t random. (1/9) pic.twitter.com/YEC6vgnqfr
— Rep. Dan Bishop (@RepDanBishop) June 15, 2022
Continuing the trend, here’s Dr. Kurt Braddock, an American University professor and recipient of more than $550,000 in grants from DHS to study the “spread of disinformation.” He also studies “stochastic terrorism” which he defines here. (2/9) pic.twitter.com/HcB49veGmk
— Rep. Dan Bishop (@RepDanBishop) June 15, 2022
This is not inciting language as defined in U.S. code, mind you. Braddock admits this is all First Amendment protected speech. (3/9) pic.twitter.com/UsWLfCSPtB
— Rep. Dan Bishop (@RepDanBishop) June 15, 2022
So who would qualify as a stochastic terrorist? President Trump is his first target. (4/9) pic.twitter.com/5rx39gNrBA
— Rep. Dan Bishop (@RepDanBishop) June 15, 2022
Fox News host @TuckerCarlson for another. Here he is calling Tucker a terrorist and a danger to U.S. domestic security. (5/9) pic.twitter.com/fbxn6DS28q
— Rep. Dan Bishop (@RepDanBishop) June 15, 2022
Yesterday, I asked Braddock point-blank if he thought @TuckerCarlson was a stochastic terrorist. His response? “I am willing to say that on Congressional Record.” Again, he’s a researcher paid by Biden’s DHS. (6/9) pic.twitter.com/xvbGbjDjXC
— Rep. Dan Bishop (@RepDanBishop) June 15, 2022
I asked if Joe Biden comments predicting a “mini-revolution,”should SCOTUS overturn Roe v. Wade, especially in light of the assassination attempt on Justice Kavanaugh, was stochastic terrorism. Braddock dismissed it as insufficient. (7/9) pic.twitter.com/5GrjpJiPzv
— Rep. Dan Bishop (@RepDanBishop) June 15, 2022
Bishop goes on to say out loud what many of us have known for some time.
Braddock paints a picture of the left’s militant intolerance toward pundits, politicians, and all American citizens who the left disagrees with. They are “stochastic terrorists” for daring to speak opinions different than the regime. (8/9)
— Rep. Dan Bishop (@RepDanBishop) June 15, 2022
Braddock says the quiet part out loud. The regime is coming for conservatives. Your First Amendment protected speech is a form of “terrorism” that must be silenced. And the scary thing is that the levers of government are already working to make it a reality. (9/9)
— Rep. Dan Bishop (@RepDanBishop) June 15, 2022
Braddock notes that it is not illegal to do what he says these people are doing. However, Braddock has defined what these people are doing in terms (stochastic terrorism) that make it appear that what they are doing is very wrong. After all, who wants to be accused of terrorism. It also makes it more palatable to brainwashed Democrats when repression of different opinions by people who believe in the foundational values of America takes place.
However, there is a different standard if someone on the Left does the same thing. This was illustrated by his response to the question about President Biden.
Let’s remember that this person is being funded by the administration to come up with BS like this. The administration is funding research into ways to suppress free speech in this country.