Egging On
To encourage or coax a person to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.
Watching Fox egging on the wanna be revolutionaries
Listening to the talking heads divisive dialogue littered with conspiracy.
Watching The GOP egging on the the tea party.
Watching the pro-life groups egging on the murderous.
It's like watching a group of children in the playground shouting "fight,fight" rather than actually trying to resolve the conflict.
It may well be entertaining to encourage reckless behavior, but in the end the damage is done and the spectators just wander away feeling [hopefully] embarrassed.
No matter how often you tell people that their behavior will end in tears these idiots continue to egg on the protagonists without hesitation.
There is a price to be paid, but these clowns always whine that it has nothing to do with them after all it was only words, the freedom to be a dick and all.
If only they felt a modicum of embarrassment.
Freedom of speech is not freedom from responsibility.