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Man who sent bomb and mass shooting threats to Merriam-Webster over gender-inclusive entries pleads guilty
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2022-09-18 at 3:06 PM UTChttps://abcnews.go.com/US/man-bomb-mass-shooting-threats-merriam-webster-gender/story?id=90054230
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. Authorities later identified the user as Hanson.
“Specifically, on Oct. 2, 2021, Hanson used the handle ‘@anonYmous’ to post the following comment on the dictionary’s website definition of ‘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,’” authorities said in the statement.
A short time later, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Hanson sent them another message, this time via the “Contact Us” page on their website.
“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,” the second online threat read in part. “It would be poetic justice to have someone storm your offices and shoot up the place.”
A third threat was sent to Merriam-Webster as a comment on their website on Oct. 8, 2021 which read: “I am going to shoot up and bomb your offices for lying and creating fake definitions,” the message said. “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.
Hanson also admitted in court this week that he often selected the object of his threatening communications because of the “gender, gender identity and/or sexual orientation of various persons,” said the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
“Every member of our community has a right to live and exist authentically as themselves without fear. Hate motivated threats of violence that infringe upon that right are not tolerated in Massachusetts in any capacity,” said United States Attorney Rachael S. Rollins. "This conviction represents my office’s dedication to protecting targeted communities and bringing accountability and justice when those who aim to endanger act upon their hatred.”
Hanson pleaded guilty on Wednesday to one count of interstate communication of threatening communications to commit violence against the employees of Merriam-Webster, which carries a potential sentence of up to five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000, according to a statement released by U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts.
“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. “If you believe you are a victim or a witness to similar conduct, we encourage you to report it to the FBI so we can hold the perpetrators behind these crimes accountable for their actions, like we did in this case.”
Hanson is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 5, 2023. -
2022-09-18 at 4:07 PM UTCThe author of this post has returned to nothingness
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2022-09-18 at 4:38 PM UTC34 years old and edgelording contact forms
i'd put money on him being white and autistic -
2022-09-18 at 6:42 PM UTCShitposting is serius business.
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2022-09-19 at 3:40 PM UTCi dont care who makes the laws but gib me the controls of the dicktionary and i shall control their entire worldview.
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2022-09-19 at 3:44 PM UTCShitposting: literally terrorism
Terrorism: whatever we don't like -
2022-09-19 at 4:54 PM UTC
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2022-09-19 at 5:17 PM UTC
“I am going to shoot up and bomb your offices for lying and creating fake definitions,” the message said. “Boys aren’t girls, and girls aren’t boys … I will assassinate your top editor.”
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2022-09-19 at 5:19 PM UTC
Originally posted by Meikai Bombs threats: literally terrorism
Feels like a more accurate and slightly less controversial statement.
Threats shouldn't be illegal
"I'll blow up your house and kill your family!"
The fact that you can go to prison for saying that to a cop is what's wrong with society. Literally snowflake WORDS HURT cultureThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2022-09-19 at 5:20 PM UTC
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2022-09-19 at 5:21 PM UTC
Originally posted by Ghost I'll fucking murder you and blow up your house if you keep spreading that fake news you snowflake faggot GAS ALL KIKES!!!
https://www.weisberg.ca/services/uttering-threats/#:~:text=In%20Canada%2C%20it%20is%20against,a%20person's%20property%20or%20animals.In Canada, it is against the law to intentionally threaten another person with causing their death or bodily harm. It is also against the law to threaten to cause damage to a person’s property or animals.
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2022-09-19 at 5:21 PM UTCFake news I'm Armenian
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2022-09-19 at 5:22 PM UTC
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2022-09-19 at 5:25 PM UTC1. The threat has to be intentional to be illegal
2. You are not Canadian therefore this law does not apply
Kill yourself, spreading fake and false news is also illegal you NAZI! -
2022-09-19 at 5:36 PM UTC
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2022-09-19 at 5:39 PM UTCWow, another fake news editing my post like that to make it look like I said something I didn't
I'm gonna report you for online harassment and threats words hurt because I'm a hashtag millenium upset by words and need a safe space society ;_; -
2022-09-19 at 6:19 PM UTC
Originally posted by Ghost snowflake WORDS HURT culture
I desensitize my son against all that nonsense by calling him a "useless little retarded fuck" every morning, telling him he was "a mistake that I've regretted since the day he was born", and make sure to say I hate him periodically throughout the day. I sometimes improvise.
Not sure how I'll continue when he starts school, since sending messages like that gets viewed as "abusive" in this shit ass society. It's almost illegal to raise a child these days.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2022-09-19 at 6:36 PM UTCMy parents raised me the same way until I Was strong enough to murder them both and I think i'm much better for it
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2022-09-19 at 6:45 PM UTC
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2022-09-19 at 6:46 PM UTC
Originally posted by Ghost Threats shouldn't be illegal
"I'll blow up your house and kill your family!"
The fact that you can go to prison for saying that to a cop is what's wrong with society. Literally snowflake WORDS HURT culture
I agree like if I want to send messages threatening political cartoonists not to draw images of the Prophet (pbuh) under pain of beheading, this should be totally allowed. You should fear for your life if you intend to blaspheme Islam, and it should be entirely legal to instill that fear through words.
The actual beheadings of such infidels should be legal tbh but that's a different matter.
