California man arrested and charged after making threats against Merriam-Webster, Inc. for use of gender-inclusive definitions

NBC News / Comcast ^ | April 24, 2022 | By Kalhan Rosenblatt

[BenLurkin]

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.

[SuperLuminal]

False Flag Alert!

[Born to Conserve]

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.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Apparently the Merriam-Webster dictionary lacks a definition for hyperbole.

[AndyJackson]

inclusive language around gender

Can someone explain what those words mean?

[Da Coyote]

"...for the company's inclusive language around gender total lack of any understanding of the English language..."

[hanamizu]

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.

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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.

[Da Coyote]

“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.

[Veto!]

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.

[Glad2bnuts]

Isn’t the truth an absolute defense?

[ConservativeMind]

He didn’t say he would do anything.

This appears to be a bad arrest.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

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!”

[ProudVet97]

“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.

[Born to Conserve]

Prescriptive grammar with the intent of brainwashing a culture is a pretty serious offense. There is precedence for the most extreme mediation.

[libertylover]

inclusive language around gender

Can someone explain what those words mean?

It means language that pretends that perversion is normal.

[Stepan12]

I kind of like the guy. There are things that must be done that I cann0t say out loud.

After the election was stolen, it is deuces wild.

[House Atreides]

“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!

[Trillian]

We have one that is about 8 inches thick. Biggest dictionary, ever.

[moovova]

I hope he was, at least, eloquent in his threats.