Editing Demagogue (section)

===Vulgarity and outrageous behavior===
Legislative bodies usually have sober standards of decorum that are intended to quiet passions and favor reasoned deliberation. Many demagogues violate standards of decorum outrageously, to show clearly that they are thumbing their noses at the established order and the genteel ways of the upper class, or simply because they enjoy the attention that it brings. The common people might find the demagogue disgusting, but the demagogue can use the upper class's contempt for him to show that he will not be shamed or intimidated by the powerful.<ref name=Ceaser87 />

For example, Huey Long famously wore pajamas to highly dignified occasions where others were dressed at the height of formality.<ref name="Signer-pajamas" /> He once stood "bukk nekkid" at his hotel suite when laying down the law to a meeting of political fuglemen.<ref name="Signer-nekkid" /> Long was "intensely and solely interested in himself. He had to dominate every scene he was in and every person around him. He craved attention and would go to almost any length to get it. He knew that an audacious action, although it was harsh and even barbarous, could shock people into a state where they could be manipulated."<ref name="Williams-audacious" /> He was "...so shameless in his pursuit of publicity, and so adept at getting press coverage, that he was soon attracting more attention from the press and the galleries than most of the rest of his colleagues combined."<ref name="Brinkley-shameless" />

In ancient Greece, [[Aristotle]] pointed out the bad manners of Cleon more than 2,000 years ago: "[Cleon] was the first who shouted on the public platform, who used abusive language and who spoke with his cloak girt about him, while all the others used to speak in proper dress and manner."<ref name=Ceaser87 />