Words matter.

In the pre-Civil War Congress, people called dangerous words “missiles.”
North and South, they pleaded with each other not to throw missiles before a national audience in Congress.

Words enrage, motivate, intimidate.
They matter.
ESPECIALLY spoken by people with power.

Don’t dismiss verbal attacks on Black, gay, trans, Jewish or ANY people as mere rhetoric.
They’re invitations.
We see this almost every day.