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Published 07:51 9 Nov 2018 GMT
Updated 18:58 9 Nov 2018 GMT
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The Canadian's comments came after Abbott - who has previously said she receives threats of “rape and violence on a daily basis” online and to her constituency office - said the difference between abusive speech and abusive action "can be an artificial distinction".
She added: "You might say 'why is it wrong to be abusive about politicians and send them racist and sexist stuff online, it doesn't matter all their threats will never happen'.
"But parliament saw one of our colleagues Joe Cox killed and that sort of action is not necessarily the consequence of abusive language, but it is related to abusive language."
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“But when you talk about who’s going to define hate, you want to see the letters and emails I see day after day, and tell me that’s not hate.”
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