California man arrested in Merriam-Webster bomb threat over ‘woman’

Jeremy David Hanson allegedly threatened to bomb and shoot folks at Merriam-Webster's places of work over their definition of "lady."
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Throw the ebook at him.

A California man is going through federal prices for allegedly barraging Merriam-Webster with threatening feedback and making a bomb menace, the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace for the District of Massachusetts mentioned Friday.

Jeremy David Hanson, 34, who allegedly took exception to the dictionary-makers definitions for “Lady,” “Lady,” and “Feminine” is accused of sending a lot of disturbing messages that precipitated the corporate’s Springfield and New York Metropolis places of work to spend 5 days shuttered, the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace mentioned.

“You [sic] headquarters needs to be shot up and bombed. It's sickening that you've caved to the cultural Marxist, anti-science tranny [sic] agenda and altered the definition of ‘feminine’ as a part of the Left’s efforts to deprave and degrade the English language and deny actuality,” Hanson allegedly wrote. “You evil Marxists ought to all be killed. It will be poetic justice to have somebody storm your places of work and shoot up the place, leaving none of you commies alive.”

In one other message, Hanson allegedly mentioned that he would “bomb your places of work,” in line with the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace. The threatening posts had been made anonymously between Oct. 2 and eight within the web site’s feedback part and thru the “Contact Us” web page. Feds mentioned they had been in a position to hint the feedback again to Hanson. He now faces one rely of interstate communication of threats to commit violence.

Jeremy David Hanson claimed Merriam-Webster was degrading “the English language,” with its definition of a “lady.”

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Jeremy David Hanson is accused of sending violent messages to Merriam-Webster’s places of work in Springfield, Massachusetts.

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Hanson ranted that Merriam-Webster was submitting to a “cultural Marxist, anti-science tranny agenda” with its definitions of “woman.”

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“Everybody has a proper to precise their opinion, however repeatedly threatening to kill folks, as has been alleged, takes it to a brand new degree,” mentioned Joseph R. Bonavolonta, particular agent in command of the FBI Boston Division. “We're all the time going to pursue people who attempt to intimidate and isolate members of our group by inciting violent, hateful acts. Threats to life are most definitely not protected speech and so they trigger actual concern in victims. Relaxation assured, the FBI will do every part we are able to to carry to justice anybody who commits these felony acts.”

Hanson is scheduled to seem in court docket on April 29.