Verbal Aggression and Hate Speech

One of the more common reasons for creating hate speech codes is that hate speech often causes psychological or emotional trauma to victims.  This is undoubtedly true.  However, I do not think that hate speech is by any means the only type of verbal aggression which can cause severe emotional trauma, and so I would suggest that speech codes should not be limited to hate speech, but should instead apply to any kind of repeated, intentional verbal aggression.

Calling someone a 'n-word' is extremely rude, extremely racist, overall inappropriate, and likely to cause the target at least some emotional trauma.  Calling someone a 'piece of s*** (profane equivalent of crap)' is also extremely rude, overall inappropriate, and likely to cause the target at least some emotional trauma.  I do not think that the single missing element, that of racism, is the most significant part of the problem by any means.  As such, I think that both types of verbal aggression merit preventative measures - most likely a combination of educational programs (which would have minimal effect, but would hopefully help prevent unintentional insults) and, perhaps, fines or negative academic consequences for those who repeatedly and intentionally violated the measures.