From the above Pingback I have learned a German expression, "wider den Stachel löcken" which means 'to lure against the sting' according to my translation engine — for example, oppose, against, to campaign (combatively) even if this in contradiction to the majority opinion, to instructions of superiors, with expressions and actions that deliberately provoke

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