I think I'm like most people in not wanting to tolerate, on a social level, people who wish each other dead. Lets take that as a given. The issue here is if tha

I think I'm like most people in not wanting to tolerate, on a social level, people who wish each other dead. Lets take that as a given. The issue here is if that should rise to the level that the government should intervene. I think wishing people dead is classless and cruel, but not a threat, which needs to be specific and actionable. The old internet "gem" was "DIAF", which is a terrible thing to say to another person. Is it a threat though? I don't think so. "I will set your house on fire and watch you burn" by contrast is a clear threat to undertake a specific criminal act, that's a threat.