While I think that incitatus reacted with inflammatory remarks, he was indeed REacting. I think that incitatus seriously over-reacted, but he was not acting.
Newton's Third Law: To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Or, as my Ma used to say, it takes two to fight.
Some have a gift of words, and the posters to whom incitatus reacted craft their posts with skill. They inflame without using direct attacks. They insinuate, and are not always forthright.
One man's opinion: incitatus has been played somewhat the fool, but the real incite comes from elsewhere.
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