Tyson Homosexual

[Ravi]

This is really a hoot!

The Dangers of Auto-Replace

In addition to blocking traffic from websites they don’t like, it looks like the web-geniuses behind the American Family Association’s OneNewsNow site have a few other tricks up their sleeves, such as automatically replacing any use of the word “gay” with the word “homosexual” in any of the AP stories they run … leading to instances in which proper names are reformatted to meet their ridiculous standard, such as this article about sprinter Tyson Gay winning the 100 meters at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials in which he is renamed “Tyson Homosexual”:

Right Wing Watch: The Dangers of Auto-Replace

 

[Ravi]

The headline became:

Homosexual eases into 100 final at Olympic trials

 

[manifold]

That's funny.

But seriously, they shoulda went with queer instead of homosexual.

 

[AllieBaba]

That's just too funny.

 

[William Joyce]

Meanwhile, under PC bowdlerizing, a college paper changed a columnists' use of 'black humor' to 'African-American humor'.

Now that's funny.

 

[Diuretic]

Meanwhile, under PC bowdlerizing, a college paper changed a columnists' use of 'black humor' to 'African-American humor'.

Now that's funny.

I believe the acceptable phrase is now "gallows humour" ("u" optional)

 

[Anti-PC]

I have to admit, when I first saw the title of this thread I thought maybe ole Mike had gone a little crazy in some coming out of the closet homosexual excursion (not that there's anything wrong with that as J.S. might say) and bit some poor guys ear off. Turns out, I was a little off.

 

[Diuretic]

I have to admit, when I first saw the title of this thread I thought maybe ole Mike had gone a little crazy in some coming out of the closet homosexual excursion (not that there's anything wrong with that as J.S. might say) and bit some poor guys ear off. Turns out, I was a little off.

If Big Mike was gay then the other bloke wouldn't be missing an ear I think

 

[random3434]

The headline became:

Homosexual eases into 100 final at Olympic trials

Thank you for posting that article, it was the funniest thing I have read in weeks!