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In reply to the discussion: The smirking Santorum reference has to end. [View all]marmar
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OK, what was the purpose of using all that energy, to associate a pol. with a substance most would l
WingDinger
Dec 2011
#5
I think you will find, that DU gets the credit, at least anecdotally, for the association.
WingDinger
Dec 2011
#17
Oh, I just figured that when you went from the idea of Santorum's name being used to describe the
Brickbat
Dec 2011
#21
I'm thinking those calculations were moot, when associating Santorum to defame.
WingDinger
Dec 2011
#24
Straight up, your OP is more offending that the thing you think is offending.
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2011
#36
The Santorum redefinition and Google-bombing was started by Dan Savage...
backscatter712
Dec 2011
#25
Well you are sort of late to the game. This is something that started years ago.
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2011
#33
His nickname was bespoke for Rick espcially, the gay community did that for him.
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2011
#30
Do you expect all those learning of the association to google, wiki, and otherwise vett the story?
WingDinger
Dec 2011
#38
Dan Savage had a lot of helpful fans that started inserting the terms in their blogs & such.
backscatter712
Dec 2011
#39
No I expect those who feel like taking the issue up on the behalf of a community not
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2011
#43
A meme, is more than its history. It has a surface truth as well. It has an appearance.
WingDinger
Dec 2011
#47
And yet you were unaware of the history, and still refuse to address the rest of the
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2011
#51
That you equate good manners with a muzzle says more about you than me. I brought this up in a respe
WingDinger
Dec 2011
#53
Well, I respectfully decline your request to stop using the word Santorum. n/t
backscatter712
Dec 2011
#55
That he remains clueless, is funny, I admit. A true example of people laughing AT YOU.
WingDinger
Dec 2011
#61
How dare you try to co-opt Santorum away from straight anal sex practitioners!
Poll_Blind
Dec 2011
#50
FAIL. That "byproduct" is not homosexual. It's sexual, both hetero and homo. nt
valerief
Dec 2011
#66