provocateur

He was a professed Christian and a provocateur who took his message to places that were often hostile; he welcomed a back-and-forth with those who disagreed with his views.

As a conservative provocateur, his style and beliefs frequently drew campus protests and petitions from liberal students and faculty seeking to cancel his appearances.

But last Friday Russia criticised Western proposals as "one-sided and clearly designed to contain Russia", adding that it turned Kyiv into a "strategic provocateur".

For a provocateur like Aster, who has made a name for himself decapitating teenagers and giving audiences a front row seat to ritual solstice suicides, peak COVID-era chaos almost seems like low-hanging fruit.

And the teenage provocateur made no secret of that revulsion, loudly belittling his fellow students.