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Fair point, but cheap sophistry is a bit of an annoyance.
Here's an example (there are probably many) of why the post is misleading.
In one case you have two groups of people who disagree. They are discussing they disagreements amongst each themselves. They are trying to convince each other of their opinions. It may get hyperbolic at times, but that goes as far as calling each other "batshit crazy" or "idiot." Ultimately, however, it is an intellectual exchange and an attempt to engage in and address each other's differences.
In the other case you also have two groups of people. However, one group of people are independently calling for the police force/army and vigilantes (at times) to go out and physically harm the other group. Ultimately, it is a knee-jerk reaction to an event which excludes intellectual exchange and does not attempt to engage in the other's differences.
They are not the same thing.