rabble-rouse

Our son would never rabble-rouse at bedtime again.

“This is a small minority of far-right individuals who have glommed onto this larger protest in order to gain visibility, to rabble-rouse and to recruit,” he said.

While colobus bully-boys push their troop mates around, human bully-boy leaders are similar: they may violate the rights of minorities, rabble-rouse, ridicule, gaslight, or stridently support fake information – particularly information that is of personal, political or financial benefit to them.

“Nor are the leaders of the Republican party over which Trump presides. Prominent GOP figures such as Kentucky senator Mitch McConnell seem to adhere to no worldview worthy of the name. As for the provocateurs who inhabit the sprawling universe of rightwing media, their principal motive is not to promote genuine conservative values but to rabble-rouse and line their own pockets. Indeed, allowing Trump, McConnell, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Rush Limbaugh et al. to present themselves as exemplary conservatives testifies to the pervasive corruption of contemporary American political discourse.”

It is quite another to rabble-rouse for universal healthcare, wind energy and a livable wage in Charles Koch’s backyard.