Yes. It's less oppressive that the violent attempt. Example: If I run a website where users can add content, but I told them that I'll delete any plagiarized posts, I'm not oppressive when I actually do it. But if I'm forcing you to delete content from your website, I'm oppressive.
You don't have a right to post just anything on my website - I set the rules there. But I don't have a right to force you to change the content of your website. Deleting something from my website is a nonviolent action, forcing you to delete something from yours is violent.