But to curtail debate by majority vote is to inflame and re-invigorate the minority, whose only choices in response are to surrender or fight back.

Source: https://www.craigdailypress.com/news/mark-hillman-patience-respect-are-essential-to-debating-difficult-issues/

In popular culture, the term “Karen” now denotes a privileged, frequently entitled white woman who is quick to complain to store managers, call the police over minor issues that do not break any laws, or generally inflame tensions in public.

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2023/05/22/woke-vs-woke-uber-places-diversity-boss-on-leave-after-employees-freak-out-over-event-on-karen-stereotype/

People with asthma experience symptoms when the airways tighten, inflame, or fill with mucus.

Source: https://www.freepressjournal.in/health/easy-to-follow-self-healing-technique-that-can-help-manage-asthma

Police said they believed drill rap, a gritty subgenre of hip hop, could be used to inflame Sydney’s ‘postcode wars’ and encourage violence between factions.

Source: https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/tensions-rise-after-cancellation-of-two-rap-shows-c-11639711

Speaking on the same show, Cooper said: “Suella Braverman decided to launch an unprecedented attack on the impartiality of the police, and also to deliberately inflame tensions in the run-up to remembrance weekend.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/12/suella-braverman-calls-for-further-action-against-pro-palestine-marches

Sullivan encouraged additional steps to restore calm and de-escalate tensions, and called on all parties to refrain from unilateral actions, including settlement activity, that further inflame tensions.

Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/settlements-israel/central-command-chief-no-such-thing-as-settler-violence/2023/11/16/

The Global Times () called the memo “a reckless and provocative hyping of ‘China threats,’ which would inflame tensions and deepen strategic mistrust between the US and China when ties are already at a low ebb.”

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/02/07/a-memo-and-balloon-help-media-inflate-china-war-hype/

The Prime Minister now faces the added challenge of keeping the parliamentary party together after Johnson's spectacular resignation as a Tory MP on Friday night threatened to inflame old tensions on the back benches.

Source: https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/tory-mps-urged-to-back-rishi-sunak-as-shine-fades

The problems correlating with overcrowding are grave: deteriorating conditions inflame tensions, which can lead to violence, creating a dangerous environment for both detainees and staff.

Source: https://thewalrus.ca/prison-deaths/

“These bills are designed to inflame.”

Source: https://ktar.com/story/5498025/a-look-inside-the-playbook-on-transgender-health-bills/

This is all before the Trump forces exaggerate and inflame the context and circumstances and thus amplify their impact.

Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/08/lew-rockwell/destructive-justice/