Tim Boyle/Getty ImagesNEW YORK — -- A disgruntled man upset about Merriam-Webster dictionary’s update to their definitions of gender pronouns and adjectives to make them more fluid has pleaded guilty in a federal court to making bomb threats and for threatening to kill the company’s employees in a mass shooting.
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. Following these specific and credible threats, Merriam-Webster closed its offices in Springfield, MA, as well as in New York City for five days.
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