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Clearly this was reprehensible behavior by Tan, but this article is a mess. It's conflating unrelated white supremacist threats and Tan's comments, and doesn't really go into why Tan doesn't like Preston, leaving the reader to conclude "maybe it's something to do with racism? Or maybe because he's a socialist and it's discrimination?"

(Hint: Dean Preston is notorious for blocking new housing, while being nominally progressive)

This doesn't excuse Tan's comments in any way, but it seemed like the author just threw the kitchen sink into the article

>>habitu+(OP)
The threat cited Tan's threatening tweet - certainly not "unrelated".

> Stochastic terrorism refers to political or media figures publicly demonizing a person or group in such a way that it inspires supporters of the figures to commit a violent act against the target of the speech. Unlike incitement to terrorism, this is accomplished by using indirect, vague, or coded language that allows the instigator to plausibly disclaim responsibility for the resulting violence. Global trends point to increasing violent rhetoric and political violence, including more evidence of stochastic terrorism.

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