Reply #6: I think the person on the recieving end should be the arbiter

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of whether it is a threat or not.

“All the phones are unplugged at our house — tired of the obscene calls and threats. She won’t watch TV,” Stupak said during an hourlong interview with The Hill in his Rayburn office. “People saying they’re going to spit on you and all this.

Maybe I was not clear enough that I in no way equate this with the level of acts that are going on now.
However, The actions mentioned here can not be brushed off as "boys will be boys" or some justification that it wasn't that violent.

It is simply not appropriate.