Her grandfather is Fred Phelps, pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church, a place despised by many for its virulent protests against homosexuality at the funerals of U.S. troops.
As Amira Yahyaoui wrote from Tunis earlier this month, even in Tunisia a counterrevolutionary narrative of "it was better before" is taking hold as virulent protests against the lack of jobs have erupted.
When Armey said he took no responsibility "whatsoever" for the virulent protests against President Obama and compared it to MoveOn.org running an ad comparing President Bush to Hitler, Maddow pointed out that that never actually happened.
But her expression of support for Ahmadinejad, whose victory led to violent protests, has drawn virulent criticism in some Iranian circles and chat rooms.
When anti-Milosevic protesters filled Belgrade's downtown, they stormed not only the parliament but also the state television center, to protest the network's virulent anti-Western and anti-Muslim propaganda.
The meeting was originally planned for Gaza, where anti-American protests have been particularly virulent, but moved because of security concerns.
But with memories still fresh of the virulent outburst of anti-Western fervour, and with protests (sometimes unruly) by ethnic Chinese around the world at the West's "bias" against China, nationalism will be under anxious scrutiny at the games.China's leaders would instead prefer outsiders to focus on how much the country has changed and how much it is at ease in the world.
Fight Club also taps into a virulent skein of rage that's been dominating American protest politics for years - the dehumanising effect of an all-pervading corporate culture.
Protests over Iraq might not prove as virulent.
When James Farmer, national director of the human rights group the Congress of Racial Equality, joined protests in Bogalusa, one of the most virulent Klan redoubts, armed Deacons provided security.
