Is this meant to suggest that hurtful words are worse than actual physical violence using ‘less than lethal’ weapons that routinely maim and permanently upend American lives? Or is it just an accident resulting from journalistic malpractice? Is there a difference?

I love (/s) the bad faith application of verbiage here, like you hurl the word poopybutt with your arm and it obliterated the face of the harmless masked abductor waving their GUN at you… This could be a dark Onion article, and I thought commondreams was worth a bit more. Consider my mind changed.