"wake up more people", you'll be waiting a long time. This is another "wives tale" just like "oh, don't do anything, they'll declare marshal law". What a joke.
That is what Braveheart told his troops that day with blueface paint:
"Don't go do something foolish. You can go home now and make a few posts and then have a bit of dinner and things will be better tomorrow. By the way, go along to get along and maybe they won't rape and torture your wife and daughters in front of you. Now scoot, hurry, get out of here before we slip up and beat the shit out of these thug,"