As is common with internet rants, this one goes too far. Words can totally make someone feel unsafe. If you email someone a death threat, that severely impacts

As is common with internet rants, this one goes too far. Words can totally make someone feel unsafe. If you email someone a death threat, that severely impacts that person's sense of safety. And since they don't know how likely you are to turn words into action, that sense of safety is exactly the same as their actual safety (since "safety" is an expression of risk). I'd have found this a much stronger argument if the author hadn't dismissed words altogether. There's a huge gap between "I know where you live <address> and I'm going to set your house on fire while you sleep" and "I think there are only two genders", and I think the author only has the latter in mind. I think I'd disagree even then, but much less strongly. The related rhyme, "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words shall never hurt me" is similarly ridiculous. Words can totally hurt people. People have been driven to suicide, and to warfare, with words.