You post on a forum or twitter and you have published your views to the world. That carries a lot more ‘weight’ than a verbal statement (or even a written letter) that is heard but not recorded…
I agree with most of what Mark said but I’d consider a written letter, specifically death threats, much more intimidating than tweets/forum invective. Might just be the old fashioned subconscious thought that physical letters are more important than electronic communication, but letters seem much more personal IMO
and of course it shows the nutter knows where you live 😯
BermBandits bbc article still seems to be going with the “you let your dad down” quotes get you arrested (not that I’d expect them to quote all the vile stuff, but mentioning it was a bit more than the dad stuff might be an idea)