> I think knowingly sending rape threats to rape victims is pretty violent behavior. This is correct, also because such speech is quite often a precursor to a

> I think knowingly sending rape threats to rape victims is pretty violent behavior. This is correct, also because such speech is quite often a precursor to actual violence. View it as more than a thing in isolation, without consequence. In a political context, violent rhetoric about a particular group of people is predictably followed by actual violence towards members of that group. Hate speech is very much a part of hate crimes. They're not separable.