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07/02/2008 04:05 PM ID: 71778 Permalink   

Tyson Turned Homosexual by Christian Filter

 

Evangelical organization American Family Association's website, using word filters for automated news delivery, reported Tyson Homosexual won the semifinal for the 100 meters at the track and field trials.

Intending to replace the positive term "gay" with the somehow less positive "homosexual", the automated filters changed Sunday's AP news story to reflect upon the track star's sexual orientation instead of his name.

Luckily, there have not been any references to "homosexual Paris!" or Homosexual Street in Greenwich Village

 
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  7 Comments
  
  I bet...  
 
That almost everyone was thinking about Mike Tyson..
Or was it just me? :O
 
 by: baraka     07/02/2008 04:33 PM     
  Yeah  
 
I was thinking of Mike, as well.
 
 by: nofattieskthx   07/02/2008 10:46 PM     
  haha  
 
me too.
 
 by: Claridus   07/03/2008 01:35 AM     
  Then me 4...  
 
Nt
 
 by: captainJane     07/03/2008 01:54 AM     
  LOL  
 
I thought it was about Tyson chicken.
 
 by: JonSmith     07/03/2008 02:07 AM     
  A "Christian" filter that changes words  
 
to make them more derogatory towards gays? I'm certain Jesus would be proud to have something like that named after Him.....NOT! Sick, just plain sick.

Oh, and I had no idea Mike Tyson was gay. Did he catch it from Michael Jackson? I've heard stories.
 
 by: valkyrie123     07/03/2008 03:15 AM     
  Well  
 
Homosexual is the neutral term, while gay might be seen as positive in some circles, it's heavily used in a derogatory and abusive fashion in many others.
 
 by: SoshiMaster   09/30/2008 08:40 AM     
 
 
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