Posted on 04/24/2022 11:29:31 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
A California man was arrested and charged after making threats against Merriam-Webster, Inc. for the company's inclusive language around gender, according to the U.S. Attorney's office for the District of Massachusetts.
Jeremy David Hanson, 34, of Rossmoor, California, was arrested and charged with one count of interstate communication of threats to commit violence, according to a press release. He has since been released ahead of an upcoming court date on April 29.
Hanson is accused of leaving threatening comments on Merriam-Webster's website as well as sending threatening messages via the company's "contact us" feature.
The comments left by Hanson were made in October 2021.
On Oct. 2, 2021, he used the username "@anonYmous" to comment on Merriam-Webster's dictionary entry for the term "female."
“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," he allegedly wrote.
In a message sent to Merriam-Webster via that "contact us" function, it is alleged that Hanson wrote the company had altered "the definition of ‘female’ as part of the Left’s efforts to corrupt and degrade the English language and deny reality."
"You [sic] headquarters should be shot up and bombed ... You evil Marxists should all be killed. It would be poetic justice to have someone storm your offices and shoot up the place, leaving none of you commies alive," he allegedly wrote.
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False Flag Alert!
I don’t see any threats in his comments.
Saying “someone ought to...” is not the same as “I am going to...”
It is a shame that the language is abused by the courts this way.
Can someone explain what those words mean?
Figured this kind of thing coming about a decade ago and bought a bound copy of the dictionary. The pinkos can’t change the definitions in there on a whim.
“The Soviets could and did. Owners of the Great Soviet Encyclopedia would occasionally get a letter telling them to remove a certain page to be replaced by another to reflect current Party thinking.”
Wikipedia, the media, and the DemocRATs have thousands of Winston Smiths typing for them as I reply.
I find your spelling of DemocRATs offensive and inaccurate.
It’s spelled DemonRats. Change it or I’ll send you rat poison in an unmarked package.
Isn’t the truth an absolute defense?
He didn’t say he would do anything.
This appears to be a bad arrest.
I can imagine a threat against a dictionary:
“I’m going to create a whole bunch of misspelled words and then popularize them so they become common use! Tens of thousands of school children will think your dictionary is wrong!”
“Saying “someone ought to...” is not the same as “I am going to...””
Instead of saying should be hunted down a shot, FIRED, would have been more appropriate.
Prescriptive grammar with the intent of brainwashing a culture is a pretty serious offense. There is precedence for the most extreme mediation.
Can someone explain what those words mean?
It means language that pretends that perversion is normal.
After the election was stolen, it is deuces wild.
“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,” he allegedly wrote.
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Well, well, well… perhaps the Merriam-Webster workers don’t comprehend the meaning of HYPERBOLE!
We have one that is about 8 inches thick. Biggest dictionary, ever.
I hope he was, at least, eloquent in his threats.
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