I think calling such speech "violence" may be a straw man. By calling it violence, people are intentionally equating his words with physically hurting someone.

I think calling such speech "violence" may be a straw man. By calling it violence, people are intentionally equating his words with physically hurting someone. Since everyone knows that physically hurting someone is unacceptable, they are more likely to reject the speech. I think calling it violence is an intellectually dishonest smear