<<A "threat" Tee, is person A saying they're gonna hurt person B (or something belonging/important to person B). >>
So far you're correct.
<<Person A hoping that something bad happens to person B isn't a threat. >>
So far, you're still right. (This must be some kind of record for you, sirs, two whole sentences and not an error so far.)
<<It's distinctly not very civil, but it isn't a threat, regardless of your hatred of those evil fascist Amerikkkans. >>
Wow, three whole sentences. You're on a roll, sirs.
<<If we went by your twisted logic, we'd have to round up thousands upon thousands who would love something not-so-nice, to happen to Bush, or Limbaugh, or Justice Thomas, or Rumsfeld, or a whole host of folks you utterly dispise>>
Awww, shit! I was really rooting for you, sirs. Hoping you'd get to the end of one whole post and actually say something that made sense! That normal, sane people could agree with. Well, you DID come close, sirs.
You are unfortunately lacking in simple analytical powers, sirs. Probably because you are so blinded by your ideology that you are unable to follow any argument that leads to a conclusion you don't like. Now this guy was not simply hoping that the councilmen would get killed. If it was just a wish that they all die, preferably through some kind of horrific violence, it would certainly be typical of the fascist impulse towards anyone who hates war and loves peace, but it would not be a threat.
The threat came when this Nazi paladin went beyond just wishing for something bad to happen to them. He actually stated that the country would be a lot safer with them dead. So we have a wish for death, COUPLED WITH A PREDICTION OF WONDERFUL BENEFITS (ENHANCED PUBLIC SAFETY) TO THE NATION AS A WHOLE that would put the councilmen in fear of their lives.
It's very simple. If some Nazi moron tells me he'd like for me to be dead, I'm not worried.
If he publishes a letter saying that my death and the deaths of thousands like me would be a boon to national security, there's a new dimension added to the death-wish: (a) that it's in HIS interests to kill me (because he'll then be living in a more secure nation;) and (b) that it's in the interest of the general public for someone to kill me (they'll all be more secure;) and (c) that whoever kills me is doing a good thing because it'll be for the good of the killer and the whole country.
By telling me how much benefit would accrue to the nation from my death, he's suggesting to me that he is not the only one who'd like to see me dead, that lots of others would as well. Naturally that's a much scarier prospect than just one screwball hoping I'm gonna die. He can only speak for himself, and since he didn't threaten me himself, I can assume he's not gonna do the deed. But he's pointed out that by expressing my own opinion, I am incurring the wrath of millions of Americans whose lives I have endangered, and of course he can't speak for them. So logically I don't know if any of those millions wants to kill me himself.
He's made me aware that it's very dangerous to express the thoughts I expressed. Basically he attempted to shut me up by telling me that I should fear for my life if I make statements like that.
The death threat was admittedly subtle but a death threat nonetheless.