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I'm confused. The way I'm reading it, this comment (and many others I've read like it) seem to be made without appreciation of the fact that it is possible to express disagreements with a thought or idea without attacking or threatening individual users as people.
Again, as I'm reading things, by the very writing you quote, all you have to do is not threaten people's safety, and you're fine. Any complaints made against you will be dismissed. I don't understand what the big deal is here.
Comment by [deleted] at 14/05/2015 at 17:47 UTC
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all you have to do is not threaten people's safety, and you're fine.
The problem is *perception* of threat.
If I'm Israeli, and I see someone say "We should burn Israel to the ground", isn't that a threat against me, even though it's not directed *at* me specifically, even though I'm not even taking part in the conversation?
Another example: "I hope you fucking choke on a rapist's dick, you stupid cunt". That's *not a threat*. It's obviously not polite or 'okay', but it's not a threat. I wouldn't be surprised if the person being told this *perceived* it as such though.