Yes, if that comment had stood alone, but I said he was the worst of the characters who were not actively working for the Shadow, meaning the worst of the non-Darkfriends.

How did they provoke him? Elyas himself said that was the only place to get water for miles around. They weren't doing anything wrong, when Hopper attacked them and Perrin assaulted and murdered them because they had the temerity to defend themselves against an animal attack, as his best friend Rand has no doubt done dozens of times, against the exact same species!