MSM is branding the rioters / looters / protestors agitators. This is not acceptable. This is an attempt to whitewash the truth.
In our comms today we need to use clear language and not allow MSM's re-branding to degrade our message.
agitator
noun
a person who stirs up others in order to upset the status quo and further a political, social, or other cause
Example: The boss said he would fire any union agitators.
a machine or device for agitating and mixing.
An AGITATOR is a trouble-maker.
They USE other people.
They have an idea and seek to IMPOSE THEIR WILL ON OTHERS, regardless of the consequences.
In the agitator's mind, THE END JUSTIFIES THE MEANS.
Seems to fit pretty well with scenes straight out of the communist organizer's handbook.
An AGITATOR gave people $200 and lead pipes and told them to break windows in Minneapolis.
An AGITATOR arranged for 80% of the demonstrators to be transported into Minneapolis from out of state, and told them what to do.
An AGITATOR told people it was OK to break the law so long as they saw others do it first.
The AGITATOR used other people's desire for money or justice or (stolen goods in the case of those who also looted); they used those people to create mass disturbances, riots.
Enough riots all over the country and now it is big news. Very big news.
Someone planned all this. Set it up. Paid for it. Arranged for the local AGITATORS to organize locally.
It stinks.