Among Counterman's communications to Whalen were messages that read: "Was that you in the white Jeep?" and "You're not being good for human relations. Die. Don't need you." Others used expletives.

Counterman, citing mental illness and delusions, argued that his messages were not intended to be threatening and were thus protected speech.

Not the guy you responded to but god damn... I can't see that message being interpreted as anything BUT a threat. All I gotta do is declare insanity I guess.

On one hand (heh) there's apparently evidence to suggest that handwriting activates parts of the brain which aren't typically activated by just typing something out.

I agree, parts of my brain do get activated. The parts where I am annoyed and aggravated by how slow and ugly my handwriting is XD