An emotive response is rarely a good idea.
Oh thank you for that, I shall try to keep my womanly emotions in check shall I? Don't want to my emotional womanly self to get all hysterical or anything 🙄
Personally I think a smug, patronising response such as "An emotive response is rarely a good idea", is rarely a good idea.
Did you miss the part of my post in which I said "And of course death and rape threats matter; they matter very deeply, and should be treated very seriously", or did you blank it through confirmation bias?
No I did not miss it, but it was dismissive given the police haven't taken any of the threats of violence from the TRA side at all seriously. Many women and others like GL who have made non violent or factual tweets on the other hand...
If you did miss it, please read it again; it's pretty plain that I think all such threats are hideous and should be dealt with seriously.
Unfortunately, it's simply not the case that they are.
And women (and men) are allowed to be very angry at the clear double standard on display. If you don't see the double standard IMO you are biased or not paying attention.
My assumption, and it is an assumption, is that this happens not because they are targeted at self-labelled 'TERFs' but because those posting in the kinds of place you helpfully mentioned simply aren't significant enough for the police to bother with.
IMO your assumption is wrong.
That is your opinion that they aren't significant enough for the police to bother with, I think most rational people would disagree and be utterly horrified to see even a fraction of what the violent TRAs have said.
Personally, I think any of those violent TRA tweets, signs etc are very clear examples of incitement to violence.
Rape, death threats, and threats of serious violence, sometimes with pictures of weapons too for good measure aren't significant enough are they not? Yep that would be bias.
I agree, they should; but it's naïve to think they will.
Why is it naïve to think they will? Application of the law and justice should be fair for all, shouldn't it? And if it's not, we (collectively) can do things about it, we don't just have to sit wringing our hands and going "oh well there's not much we can do about it". There has already been movement in this direction, the police have been told a few times now to stop misapplying the law and harassing GC women and men for inoffensive and factual tweets, and to focus on actual crimes - eventually I'd like to think that things will shift enough for the police to get up off their collective arses and actually prosecute these TRAs who tweet, shot and carry signs inciting actual violence against women.
Hope this has helped clarify things for you.
In a way it has, probably not in the way you mean.