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Google and Others Embrace Vile Attack on Santorum
Fox News ^ | January 09, 2012 | Dan Gainor

Posted on 01/24/2012 9:38:59 AM PST by throwback

When Rick Santorum essentially tied in Iowa, he gave his campaign new life. He also guaranteed America would finally learn just how disgusting, vile and despicable the left is in this country. And how major news outlets and one of the most well-known businesses in the world – Google – are complicit in trying to destroy Santorum because he opposes gay marriage.

Santorum is the victim of what Reuters partner The Wrap and many other organizations call a “Google problem.” That’s quite the understatement. He was attacked with a Google bomb from Dan Savage, a gay advocate and sex columnist who hates straight people who don’t agree with him. He also thinks they should be silenced, bullied and blackmailed. That’s exactly how he’s treated Santorum.

Savage, in an attempt to destroy Santorum on the Internet for all time, held a contest in 2003 and asked readers for the most foul thing they could say to create a new definition for “Santorum.” The dictionary calls that a neologism and readers gave him 3,000 suggestions. In practice, what Savage has done is the lowest form of hate speech. What he picked as a winner is so vile you don’t want to read it or see it or hear it.

But you have to. It’s the top Google search term for Santorum, thanks to an extensive lefty campaign to discredit opponents of gay marriage. To ignore it is to ignore a major issue that is impacting the presidential campaign. It’s like hiding your eyes in the face of danger.

Savage has been trying to destroy Santorum and Google is helping him do it by refusing to adjust the search. The result leads to the website spreadingSantorum.com, Savage has the following foul definition:

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda; santorum; santorumgoogle
Old news, but the background on it is interesting. I've despised Google for some time, though.
1 posted on 01/24/2012 9:39:07 AM PST by throwback
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To: throwback

Santorum should drop out.


2 posted on 01/24/2012 9:44:10 AM PST by Utmost Certainty (Our Enemy, the State | Gingrich 2012)
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To: throwback

I suspect that this is one reason Santorum went squishy on SOPA.


3 posted on 01/24/2012 9:46:27 AM PST by transducer
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To: throwback

Wow. What could be more vile than what defines Mr. Savage’s “lifestyle”?


4 posted on 01/24/2012 9:49:06 AM PST by Mach9
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To: transducer
I suspect that this is one reason Santorum went squishy on SOPA.

Same lol. Seems obvious that Little Ricky harbors a grudge about that.
5 posted on 01/24/2012 9:52:22 AM PST by Utmost Certainty (Our Enemy, the State | Gingrich 2012)
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To: Mach9

Exactly.

It’s obvious these folks understand how depraved they are. After all, they use themselves as an insult to others.


6 posted on 01/24/2012 9:53:44 AM PST by LearsFool ("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
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To: Utmost Certainty
Santorum should drop out.

What a really well thought out response.

Thanks for your input.

7 posted on 01/24/2012 9:55:24 AM PST by Glenn (iamtheresistance.org)
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To: throwback
I've despised Google for some time

So, use Bing, instead (LOL!). Or maybe you'd be better off using the card catalog.

Dan Savage is the problem, not Google or Bing.

As far as I'm concerned, I don't want search engines filtering anything.

8 posted on 01/24/2012 9:56:58 AM PST by cynwoody
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To: Utmost Certainty
Santorum should drop out.

What a stupid thing to say. Rick won in Iowa, finished waaaaay ahead of Newt in NH and did respectably well in SC.

9 posted on 01/24/2012 10:01:26 AM PST by pgkdan ("Make what Americans buy, Buy what Americans make, and sell it to the world" Perry 2012)
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To: Glenn
What a really well thought out response.

Thanks for your input.


No problem! :)
10 posted on 01/24/2012 10:03:22 AM PST by Utmost Certainty (Our Enemy, the State | Gingrich 2012)
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To: pgkdan
What a stupid thing to say. Rick won in Iowa, finished waaaaay ahead of Newt in NH and did respectably well in SC.

You are wrong. Newt beat Santorum in NH by 50 votes. Please stop repeating this lie, thank you.

And Santorum only beat Romney by 34 votes lol. The only person with an impressive performance thus far has been Newt, when he smashed Romney in SC by +13%.
11 posted on 01/24/2012 10:06:46 AM PST by Utmost Certainty (Our Enemy, the State | Gingrich 2012)
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To: cynwoody
You don't want anything filtered and Google isn't the problem? Did you read the opinion? They do filter selectively when it suits their business model or their sensibilities. You are correct, though, my card catalog is more balanced than Google. So I'm off to search it now.
12 posted on 01/24/2012 10:50:06 AM PST by throwback ( The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid)
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To: cynwoody

You don’t think they do? Try a flat out unadulterated KKK site. See how long that lasts.


13 posted on 01/24/2012 10:55:39 AM PST by RobbyS (Christus rex.)
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To: RobbyS
Try a flat out unadulterated KKK site. See how long that lasts.

Oh yeah? Well, you could try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd.

But, seriously, seek and ye shall find. Need some funnies to amuse your friends? Or maybe you're feeling tuneful and want to goose step down the street with the flag held high? I see the first hit on that musical query has lasted since the Bush administration.

See how useful Google is? Of course, you'll achieve similar results using other search engines, just as you will searching for Santorum. If there's crap out there, I expect a search engine to find it!

14 posted on 01/24/2012 5:33:22 PM PST by cynwoody
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To: All; throwback

Let’s boycott Google. They have censored a lot of anti-Obama info..


15 posted on 01/25/2012 6:30:09 AM PST by Sun (Pray that God sends us good leaders. Please say a prayer now.)
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