Man who threatened to “bomb” Merriam-Webster over LGBTQ+ inclusive definitions pleads guilty
The man who inundated the Merriam-Webster offices with anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and bomb threats has pleaded guilty. Back in April, a California man named Jeremy David Hanson was arrested for one count of “interstate communication of threats to commit violence” after he sent horrific messages to the dictionary-based business. According to a statement from the District of Massachusetts’ US Attorney’s office, Hanson used the dictionary website’s “Contact Us” portal to submit the aforementioned messages between 2 October and 8 October 2021. In one of his posts, he wrote: “It is absolutely…
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