rabble-rouser

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  1. noun A leader or speaker who stirs up the passions of the masses; a demagogue.

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  • I couldn't disagree more strongly, but at least I got a good laugh reading the letter from Ruby Dalpra mewling about people who do not agree with his hero, Obama, the community rabble-rouser-in-chief.
  • The campaign partially can be attributed to professional rabble-rouser Ray Rogers, who was tapped by Local 103 last year to help with the anti-biotech effort. —  The MetroWest Daily News Homepage RSS
  • Growing up in Honolulu, I knew her as the fearsome liberal rabble-rouser who stormed the islands 'oft-complacent consciousness with such fire that she rated a daily newspaper comic strip. —  San Francisco Bay Guardian: Top Stories
  • As long as the focus is removed by the original perpetrator, the rabble-rouser's work is accomplished. —  The Register-Guard: RSS Feeds
  • Fifteen Seconds out of a person life is NOT complete history, nor even a decent vignette, but it can be used to vilify by the rabble-rouser's to their end purpose, the topic was not, is not Christian "something about kindness, forgiveness and not hurting people", nor is it about a Thug, it is about violating other people and doing so under the color of "First Amendment Rights". —  The Register-Guard: RSS Feeds
 

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