Link here to the New York Times story. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/22/us/merriam-webster-threats-lgbtq.html
Often in social media comments replying to posts about idiocy demonstrated by the righties, it is said that when enough of these old geezers die out, the country will swing back to the left. I cannot agree with that opinion. I have heard many young people here in the Midwest regurgitating Faux newz malarkey. The young “alleged perpetrator” referenced in the NYT article lives in California, for whatever that is worth. His beef:
From Oct. 2 to Oct. 8, 2021, Mr. Hanson, 34, sent anonymous comments and messages to Merriam-Webster, which publishes a widely used online dictionary,condemning the company for changing the definitions of words including “boy,“girl” and “trans woman,” according to an affidavit filed by an F.B.I. agent this month.
“There is no such thing as ‘gender identity,’” he wrote in a comment about the definition of “female.” “The imbecile who wrote this entry should be hunted down and shot.”
and
In the statement from the U.S. attorney’s office, Joseph R. Bonavolonta, the special agent in charge of the F.B.I.’s Boston division, said that Mr. Hanson’s threats “crossed a line.”
“Everyone has a right to express their opinion,’’ Mr. Bonavolonta said. “but repeatedly threatening to kill people, as has been alleged, takes it to a new level.”
I can’t offer any solutions for the problem of frustrated men feeling entitled to murder people for the sin of promoting equality and fairness. They won;t all die out, leaving everything to be rainbows and unicorns. It seems that new recruits to this pathetic cause are easy to acquire. Heaven help us.