[jfengel]

The people being threatened disagree with you. They aren't living in a free society. They are forced to protect themselves, both in real life and online.

Personally, I'd be in favor of enforcing existing laws about threats. Make a death threat, go to jail. Law enforcement is pretty bad at that, with the excuse that most death threats turn into action, and it's very difficult to track down an anonymous commenter.

But I'd like to see what would happen if they took the existing laws seriously. Maybe then I'd find it easier to credit the notion of unrestricted free speech that doesn't rise to the level of criminality. I'm not convinced, but I'd at least be able to consider it.

Meantime, "Somebody threatened to kill you and that's your problem until you're actually dead" does not seem like an acceptable situation.