Physical>verbal>internet, but maybe I'm old fashioned. I could be convinced that internet is worse than verbal, as it's harder to escape.
Hayduke and several others here have posted in this thread in a manner that earns them a personal attack in return. Choosing to attack with homophobic jokes rather than political name-calling or a simple "x is a moron" seems to tell me more about the attacker than the individual being attacked though.