Words can not express the joy I am experiencing right now
Some far-right sites that subscribe to the Associated Press feed, for example, will use auto-correct to change “Democratic Party” to “Democrat Party.” This, of course, is because they have the temperament of children.
But the American Family Association’s OneNewsNow website takes the phenomenon one step further with its AP articles. The far-right fundamentalist group replaces the word “gay” in the articles with the word “homosexual.” I’m not entirely sure why, but it seems to make the AFA happy. The group is, after all, pretty far out there.
The problem, of course, is that “gay” does not always mean what the AFA wants it to mean. My friend Kyle reported this morning that sprinter Tyson Gay won the 100 meters at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials over the weekend. The AFA ran the story, but only after the auto-correct had “fixed” the article.
Win!
MarkusB
It’s a homosexual, mad world.
cleek
remember when the Enola Homosexual dropped the first bomb on Japan ? it was fabulous!
Martin
Literally, I reject your reality and substitute my own.
Awesome.
HeartlandLiberal
Aw, lighten up. Just “laugh and be homosexual”.
Crusty Dem
This is totally awesome, a great article about an NBA draft day trade:
That’s right kids, there’s Homosexual Love in Memphis! And it’s not hiding in the backcourt, nope, it’s in the frontcourt!!
TheFountainHead
LA LA LA LA I CAN’T HEAR YOU LA LA LA LA LA
Zifnab
roflmao
HeartlandLiberal
Not to mention the famous song from Leonard Bernstein’s musical Candide:
“Glitter and be homosexual,
that’s the part I play…”
jake
We’ll have a homosexual old time!
Crusty Dem
It takes me back to my favorite Christmas carol:
rob!
favorite author? Homosexual Talese.
jim
… & who can forget Homosexual Paris?
Liz
I feel pretty, oh so pretty
I feel pretty and witty and homosexual!!!
cmorenc
It’s a good thing for them probably that Wisconson’s senior senator is no longer HomosexualLord Nelson.
Tax Analyst
Certainly puts a special spin on “The Flintstones” doesn’t it?
Hmmm…it always did seem to me that Fred and Barney were just a little TOO tight with each other. I can just hear old Fred bellowing out “YABBA-DABBA-DOO!” as his Paleolithic prick does some big-time archaeological digging in Rubble’s rear cavity.
Think “Bonehenge”…
Random Asshole
I believe that’s called a “Software FAIL.”
On a related note, why does the AP allow this? I’m not sure of the AP’s specific terms of use, but I would have just assumed subscribers were allowed to edit for length but not for specific content. Otherwise, what stops someone from completely changing the story while keeping the AP byline?
mark
Surprise your sweetie with a nosehomosexual tonight!
Random Asshole
I have to say it.
I didn’t even know this was routine. I guess then, one could say, I’m apparently not aware of all internet traditions!
Garrigus Carraig
Sponsored by Ben-Homosexual analgesic heat rub.
asl
Homosexuallord Perry pitched over 300 wins in the Major Leagues.
Tax Analyst
You know he used to spit on the balls all the time, don’t you?
Lavocat
I always wondered who filled out the lower portion of the bell curve on intelligence. Now I know.
These people are some pretty unChristian Christians.
David Hunt
You joke, but this is exactly what the RWNM was trying to express when they put that tune to a video of John Edwards brushing his hair.
David Hunt
It goes much, heh, deeper than that. Think of all meetings of that secret male-only lodge that Fred & Barney went to. There were at least a hundred guys there. This goes beyond the homosexual agenda and into the realm of a full conspiracy!
Tax Analyst
Oh, yeah…with all those horned-helmets, too. And just WHERE were the “woman-folk” of Bedrock while all this secretive and fetish-ishtic “male-bonding” was going on? hmmm…
rachel
Nope, this is a wetware failure.
Eric
Please say that Tyson Gay can sue the AP.
Evan
Now look, here’s the other thing OneNewsNow does…
If they notice that sites they don’t like (like this one, or mine) are linking to them on a regular basis, rather than welcome the traffic like people who are confident in their beliefs, they automatically redirect the links to a “Good Person Test” which is rigged to show you what a bad person you are, and how you’re going to hell unless you accept Jesus.
It’s so phenomenally childish…
Anyway, I wrote about the Rudy Homosexual thing the other day: http://breaktheterror.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/rudy-homosexual/
Fun!