wave the bloody shirt

To encourage violence and animosity. The phrase was especially popular during the US Civil War. Primarily heard in US. A lot of people in our country are waving the bloody shirt right now, but I just can't support acts of violence, however justified they may be.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Chara	-	Greek
Veca	VE-tsah	Serbian
BlÁIthÍN	-	Irish
Remigio	re-MEE-jo (Italian)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Happy	HAP-ee	English (Rare)
Maria	mah-REE-ah (Italian, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch), mə-REE-ə (Catalan, English), MAHR-yah (Polish), MAH-ree-ah (Finnish)	Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Occitan, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Faroese, Dutch, Frisian,