A threat is never just an opinion in authoritarian thinking. It's outside of what constitutes an opinion, it's outside the system.
Hence, for the greater good, it must be not just be rejected, it must be destroyed as a moral necessity.
If you go down this road, there is only one destination.
I can sympathise with your view point. Of course I can. That is my whole point. It takes incredibly mental expenditure to not follow that style of thinking.