Years ago a friend and fellow writer, Nick Antosca, once made a remark about it being best not to threaten, but to simply act. An effective way of going about things, I think.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I have been threatened occasionally. But that happens to everybody who is writing this kind of things. Threats will come without fail. It might happen to the most 'innocent' texts. If it gets too much we call the police.
Don't make a threat and then not do it.
When you have real power you don't threaten. People know what your capabilities are.
You've got to be able to act when it's necessary to act. And you've got to be able to act where the threat is.
If people don't find what you are doing threatening, then it is probably not very important.
You can't tolerate anybody attempting to threaten or intimidate your body. You must respond with force.
I understand aggressiveness in only one way: being prepared to hurt yourself, not someone else.
When people feel threatened by you, they find something that is belittling.
It's one thing to say, 'I don't like what you said to me and I find it rude and offensive,' but the moment you threaten violence in return, you've taken it to another level, where you lose whatever credibility you had.
When you're threatened, or something hard hits you, acknowledge it, embrace it. Don't pretend that you didn't get hurt - hurt, cry, think about it. And then you let it go and try something else.