> But if a right winger says exactly the same words they are to be taken literally? No. Everyone is allowed to say it, unless it's clear from the context that

> But if a right winger says exactly the same words they are to be taken literally? No. Everyone is allowed to say it, unless it's clear from the context that they are literally threatening violence. In this case, quite the opposite is true. The author of that statement says in the next paragraph that they want the powerful people at MIT turned out if necessary to get rid of Stallman. > Remove everyone, if we must, and let something much better be built from the ashes. I mean, come on, the person who said this was a real threat against MIT wasn't serious. Surely you can admit that.