Man charged with threatening Merriam-Webster for redefining ‘girl’
4/25/22
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from The Washington Post,
4/25/22:
Jeremy David Hanson started typing, enraged that Merriam-Webster had changed its definition of the word “girl,” according to the FBI.
Specifically, the online dictionary added a new meaning: “a person whose gender identity is female.”
“The moron who created this fake definition should be hunted down and shot,” Hanson allegedly wrote on Oct. 8 in the word’s online comment section. “I am sick and tired of these cultural Marxists denying science and destroying the English Language. Merriam-Webster headquarters should be shot up and bombed. Boys aren’t girls.”
The Massachusetts-based publisher closed its offices for a week as a result.
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