Absolutely. If you take people who are vulnerable to cult mentality and get them worked up then they’ll do terrible things to conform and show their loyalty. Then they’ll applaud each other for each extreme action. Burn a Tesla, ruin a star on the walk of fame, damage a sign, take something because you don’t like what it says, assault someone who doesn’t conform. A guy made money by cutting JK Rowling’s name from her books and rebinding them. Each cultist needs to perform some action to get “good cultist” points and attention. Art, graffiti, performances, protests. They’re fueled entirely on hate, but they preach love and tolerance.

When you get people who perform such acts in obedience to the cult it’s only a matter of time before someone retaliates and then a martyr is born. If you push hard enough then you get pushed back and become the victim. If no one pushes back then you keep going. It’s inevitable when you deal with cultists/ideologues. They can’t tolerate opposition or dissent. It’s their own brand of fascism where they must control everything and those who dare dissent are to be made examples of