Ruckus constantly hurls hateful racist invective at all things black. Insults, invective, and other nationalistic violence gave way to threats of an uprising. The campaign was marred by exceptional political acrimony and personal invective. Osthoff's criticism was particularly virulent, often descending into personal invective. Arguments are often simply dismissed by calling them "ridiculous" as invective, without further argumentation. His writings attacked Federalist positions with a mix of reasoned argument, satire, and personal invective. The resulting invective he uses towards the authorities responsible is caustic. The preferred literary term for the later invective of the Renaissance is libel. Many supporters of the local school board resorted to racial invective. According to Lemay, Daniels was subjected to racial invective in the jury room. Ironically, some of the original invective was also directed against Zhao. It often served as a sort of kiosk upon which invective verse was posted. Hewitt was the target of much invective from Federalists as a result. The invective of "la Revanche" concentrated on Napoleon I.