> Harassment, defamation, concrete incitements to violence and credible threats of violence which meet well-defined legal standards are already illegal with both civil and criminal penalties.

There has to be a will to prosecute. This is nowhere near being followed in each instance where it should.

> Failure to anticipate the shoe being on the other foot one day is extremely short-sighted, regardless of your political views.

I tend to think your comment is basically suffering from the logical error of a false equivalence. The "other side" in this isn't acting with the desire to extinguish and murder.