SF, DS, KF all only publish words. Presidents use words to direct planes to drop bombs on schools full of little girls.

It's deliberately obtuse to suggest that "words" aren't a big deal.

>One is using force, which naturally leads to resistance and additional attention, the other is not.

I'd say attempting to dox someone and then spreading that information is deploying far more significant force than a minor lazy DDoS attack.

Doxing or attempting to dox someone is effectively threatening them with physical violence. A DDoS is nothing at all in comparison.