Man who sent bomb threats to Merriam-Webster over fluid gender entries pleads guilty
ABC News , Sept 17, 2022 - A disgruntled man upset about Merriam-Webster dictionary's update to their definitions of gender pronouns and adjectives to make them more fluid has pleaded guilty in a federal court to making bomb threats and for threatening to kill the company's employees in a mass shooting.
The U.S. Attorney's in the District of Massachusetts alleges that Jeremy David Hanson, 34, of Rossmoor, CA, anonymously sent "various threatening messages and comments demonstrating bias against specific gender identities submitted through its website's 'Contact Us' page and in the comments section on its webpages that corresponded to the word entries for 'Girl' and 'Woman,'" between the dates of Oct. 2 and Oct. 8, 2021.
• It is absolutely sickening that Merriam-Webster now tells blatant lies and promotes anti-science propaganda. There is no such thing as 'gender identity.' The imbecile who wrote this entry should be hunted down and shot
• You [sic] headquarters should be shot up and bombed. It is sickening that you have caved to the cultural Marxist, anti-science … agenda and altered the definition of 'female' as part of the Left's efforts to corrupt and degrade the English language and deny reality, … It would be poetic justice to have someone storm your offices and shoot up the place.
• I am going to shoot up and bomb your offices for lying and creating fake definitions, … Boys aren't girls, and girls aren't boys … I will assassinate your top editor.
Following these specific and credible threats, Merriam-Webster closed its offices in Springfield, MA, as well as in New York City for five days.
"Jeremy Hanson is now a convicted felon after admitting to making hate-fueled threats of violence related to the LGBTQ+ community," said Joseph R. Bonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Boston Division.
Hanson is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 5, 2023.
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