Amulek now extends the influence of Satan from the lawyers to the people in general. Clearly their reaction has placed them firmly with the lawyers, and therefore the admonitions against the lawyers also apply to them.
This process is not limited to the ancient world. There are any number of people who have grown up with particular ways of believing and thinking that they are unable to change. Their world has been built upon a certain understanding of how things work, and when someone suggests that the world might work in a different way, they become angry. The anger is an expression of the danger of the new idea to their current world view. The greater the threat, the greater the anger.