being called a dumb jerk does not nearly have the same implications as being black while a bunch of country boys yell nigger and white power at you you are looking at language at a superficial level of solely the definition and not the context i already addressed in my original comment that words alone are not necessarily threatening but can be in the right context you are strawmanning my argument by completely ignoring a languages implications and nonverbal cues in your example do you genuinely not see how the context of these situations vastly differ also thats not how the first amendment works