American Family Association website gets burned by autocorrect feature

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Auto-correct can be a very helpful feature of any word-processing program. But when conservatives use it, they run the risk of embarrassing themselves.

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.

That means — you guessed it — the track star was renamed “Tyson Homosexual.” The headline on the piece read, “Homosexual eases into 100 final at Olympic trials.” Readers learned:

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http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/16044.html
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2008/06/the_dangers_of_1.html

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[meegbear]

1. BWAH-HAHAHAHAHA!

:spray:

[zanne]

2. HAH! I love it! nt

[Subdivisions]

3. Oh, that's priceless! And illuminates how manipulative the MSM is. n/t

[spanone]

4. k&r

[TechBear_Seattle]

5. Too damned funny

Is there a better way to show just how mindlessly bigoted these people are?

[Mrs. Overall]

6. History revised: Enola Homosexual Drops Atomic Bomb on Japan.

[rateyes]

9. Now I know why Marvin Gaye's mother added the "e" to his last name....

She saw this kind of thing coming.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Gaye

[wildeyed]

10. I remember that.

:rofl:

[wryter2000]

12. My lover sent me flowers

It's the loveliest nosehomosexual you could ever hope to see.

[rateyes]

7. Deck the halls with boughs of holly, fa la la la la la la la la

'Tis the season to be jolly,fa la la la la la la la la.

Don we now our HOMOSEXUAL apparel, fa la la la la la la la la...

:rofl:

[pt22]

8. "Everest first climbed by Hillary and Norhomosexual"

:silly:

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

11. Oh My God That's One Of The Most Hilarious Things I've Ever Seen Here!

Now THAT's a link worth saving! Too friggin funny!

:spray:

[wryter2000]

13. Morans! n/t

n/t

[rateyes]

14. Think how Memphis Grizzlies star Rudy Gay feels:

http://dailyfabrication.com/2007/11/19/rudy-gay-sick-of-being-called-a-homosexual/

[central scrutinizer]

15. And best selling author Homosexual Talese

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16. The original headlines are still on Google

http://www.google.com/news?sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_en___US215&hl=en&ned=&q=%22tyson+homosexual%22&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d

Some blog reactions (including sports sites ridiculing them):

http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_en___US215&hl=en&ned=&q=%22tyson%20homosexual%22&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=nb

[fishwax]

17. that's hilarious

:rofl:

[BOSSHOG]

18. The autocorrect must be broke. I never see james asshole listed

[scheming daemons]

19. OMG... it's even FUNNIER than that... read this excerpt from the story....

Tyson Homosexual was a blur in blue, sprinting 100 meters faster than anyone ever has.

His time of 9.68 seconds at the U.S. Olympic trials Sunday doesn't count as a world record, because it was run with the help of a too-strong tailwind. Here's what does matter: Homosexual qualified for his first Summer Games team and served notice he's certainly someone to watch in Beijing.

"It means a lot to me," the 25-year-old Homosexual said. "I'm glad my body could do it, because now I know I have it in me." After the race, Homosexual and Dix looked at each other and slapped palms, then hugged.

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BWAHAHAHA!

[scheming daemons]

22. I wonder if President George Vagina and VP Penis Cheney got a kick out of this story...

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[papapi]

26. Ba WAAAAA waaaaaa WAAAAAAA waaaaaaaaaaa!!11!!!!1 . . . !!!!!!111!

[baldguy]

20. Sounds like an "auto-bigotize" feature

[scheming daemons]

21. When I have sore joints, I love to rub a little Ben-Homosexual on them.....

...

[baldguy]

23. It some places, that would cost extra...

;)

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24. .

[papapi]

25. Wonder what other 'words' are on the radar? Would fairy tales become homosexual tales?

[awoke_in_2003]

27. Please don't tell me

that sign is real. That guy is a real master of the obvious.

[scheming daemons]

28. Yes... and our children would get visited by the "tooth homosexual" at night....

[Bozita]

29. Fairy godmother becomes *gasp* ...

[Flabbergasted]

30. kick

[conscious evolution]

31. Tyson should sue for libel