He provokes in hopes of being assaulted so that he can extort a settlement from his victims and fund his hate filled enterprise. Of course the theoretical limit of that business model is that he must survive the initial confrontation.So far he has chosen his targets with due consideration to his long-term survival, after all, he cancelled that West Virginia adventure after considering how many abandoned coal mines would be convenient graves. He might want to re-think this little road trip as well.