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The World's Fastest Man is Not Gay, He's Homosexual!

Started by Shana A, June 30, 2008, 08:59:16 PM

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Shana A

June 30, 2008, 08:59:16 PM
The World's Fastest Man is Not Gay, He's Homosexual!
by AmericanFactotum
Mon Jun 30, 2008 at 11:02:19 AM PDT

But sometimes framing has some unexpected results.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/30/13301/7164/959/544171

Enter OneNewsNow.com, a biased news site funded by the AFA, or American Family Association, a far right-wing (and James Dobson-friendly) organization whose own web site decries the "homosexual agenda."

As some discovered over the weekend and this morning, the OneNewsNow.com site has a filter set up on its news results that automatically changes the word "gay" to "homosexual." I think it's an odd substitution, but I'm sure they've done some kind of research that shows that "gay" has a more positive connotation than the more literal "homosexual."
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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tekla

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June 30, 2008, 09:51:29 PM
Fast is fast.  Sex is a different matter. Unless you can have it on the track and still win, in which case... Damn man, you ARE fast.
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