A man has been arrested in California on charges of threatening LGBTQ against dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster.
Jeremy Hanson was arrested Tuesday and Charged According to the Department of Justice, “threats of violence through inter -state communication”.
In October of last year, Hanson would send several messages to Merriam-Webster via her “Contact Us” page and the words “Girl”, “Woman” and “Woman” in the comments section of her pages.
According to the “Woman” dictionary, someone commented “absolutely unfortunate” that the company was “lying and promoting unscientific propaganda”, and added that there was no “gender identity” and said: “The man ‘he wrote “should be caught and shot”.
Through the Contact Us page, the messages accusing them of being part of the “Commission” and “part of a leftist corruption attempt” included anti-trance slurs and that the company’s headquarters should “hit and bomb “.
“There is no hate speech or intimidation in our society,” said Rachel Rollins, a U.S. attorney with the Justice Department.
Investigators identified “related threats” against the American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International, New York rabbis and others.
Hanson will face federal court again later this month.
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Source: Huffpost
