California man who vowed to bomb Merriam-Webster over gender-inclusive entries pleads guilty
Jeremy David Hanson, 34, of Rossmoor, California, used the Merriam-Webster website's comments and contact functions to sendHanson admitted to making the threats in writing as part of a plea agreement Wednesday, prosecutors said. He told the court he often chose the targets of his messages based on their gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts.
The online version of the Merriam-Webster entry for the adjective states, in part:"Having a gender identity that is the opposite of male.""It is absolutely sickening that Merriam-Webster now tells blatant lies and promotes anti-science propaganda," Hanson said."There is no such thing as ‘gender identity.’ The imbecile who wrote this entry should be hunted down and shot.”
The company is based in Springfield, Massachusetts, about 90 miles west of Boston. Authorities said Hanson's threats were chilling enough to inspire the publisher to shut down its offices in Springfield and New York City for five days.
Republicans radicalized him.
Proving to the voices in his head that he isn’t gay. He doth protest too much.
That man is a hero -
And I thought I was crazy 😜 lol 😂
😂
What a nutter butter
Wait..... You mean there is no more Mr and Mrs Potatohead? NOOOOOOOOOOO! 😱😰
Change and evolution is hard is being an ignorant terrorist even a crime
Did you just assume his gender?
Should I ask him for his pronouns?
communist prosecution
“An affidavit filed by an FBI agent to support Hanson's arrest warrant indicated he was livid over toymaker Hasbro's announcement..it would deemphasize 'Mr& Mrs” for its PotatoHead line.” This is what he spent his time worrying about? Guy obviously didn’t have a life.
Lord. Violence over words. How trifling & ugly can one be. He just ruined his own life over some dumb grievance that does not even affect his life. Wowser. 🤦🏻♀️
NBC letting their racism out.
Bet this guy called people snowflakes.
Give him the medal of freedom
note: cultures w/ more than 2 genders existed before/longer than binary forced upon countless cultures through centuries of cultural genocide/murder etc by way of abrahamic religion, which also shaped language itself. ZERO reason we can't have inclusive terms
🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
words matter
Doesn’t the current college curriculum teach that Webster is a white privileged, racist product of colonialism
Who really cares about this crap.
What a baby. Can’t handle modern females/women like myself
You’re pretty pathetic if you have to threaten dictionarians.
I’m so tired. smh
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