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Thursday, February 5, 2009

Politics A Dirty Word

Posted by Dan Savage on Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 11:01 AM

An alert reader spotted this in a comments thread the Wall Street Journal's website...

Could be worse, Julia. Imagine how Rick Santorrum feels on this topic! (by the way, that misspelling was necessary—the wsj comment filter rejected the correct spelling of the former Senator's name as it "does not comply with community standards").

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What would a "Mission Accomplished" banner look like for this sort of achievement?

Posted by Anonny on February 5, 2009 at 11:06 AM

@1 Brown and drippy.

Posted by Collin on February 5, 2009 at 11:09 AM

That is amazing.

Posted by He earned it! on February 5, 2009 at 11:12 AM

Nice work, perverts. No sarcasm, btw.

Posted by P to the J on February 5, 2009 at 11:14 AM

Rock. On.

Posted by Balt-O-Matt on February 5, 2009 at 11:15 AM

Dan, quit resting on your laurels and get out there shilling for "Brownbacking"-

Posted by squish squish on February 5, 2009 at 11:16 AM

At least they weren't saddlebacking ...

Posted by Will in Seattle on February 5, 2009 at 11:21 AM

Huzaaa!

Posted by dwight moody on February 5, 2009 at 11:26 AM

Don't let the power go to your head. Although I'm really pulling for "saddlebacking" to evolve to the point where it also violated the WSJ's community standards.

Posted by Westside forever on February 5, 2009 at 11:36 AM

That made my morning. Hell, my DAY!

Posted by Geni on February 5, 2009 at 11:39 AM

Wow. That is truly amazing. Nicely done.

The thing I've realized about saddlebacking vs. santorum, is that the term saddlebacking will not be used by the people who do it (or, stated another way, saddlebacking is not done by the people likely to use the term), so the potential for entering the popular lexicon (and comment moderation software) is much more limited.

Posted by Levislade on February 5, 2009 at 11:40 AM

Totally awsome. Maybe someday the word pervert will come to define people who attempt to tell others how to live their lives, but are forever powerless to control us in any way.

Posted by Heather on February 5, 2009 at 11:43 AM

nevermind that only maybe 5 people actually realize that saddlebacking refers to the name of the church.

it may as well just be called "First Baptisting"

Posted by hugster on February 5, 2009 at 11:44 AM

To get it "Saddleback" itself listed as a questionable word, we all need to start asking more questions like "Did they Saddleback?" rather than "Were they Saddlebacking?"

Posted by Inkweary on February 5, 2009 at 12:08 PM

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!

Can't wait until "saddleback" does the same thing.

"After the chastity club met, the members went over to Bobby's house and saddlebacked for hours!"

Posted by Jonathon on February 5, 2009 at 12:40 PM

Outstanding! That's the best news I've heard all day.

Although, to be perfectly honest, it's fucking insane what they filter out. "Niggling," for instance, won't make it through the filter.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty on February 5, 2009 at 12:43 PM

Glorious! I still think option #1 was the way to go on saddlebacking.

Posted by santoflakes on February 5, 2009 at 1:02 PM

The pen IS mightier than the sword!

Posted by Vince on February 5, 2009 at 1:28 PM

a ray of sunshine!

Posted by jackseattle on February 5, 2009 at 1:33 PM

@14 - Exactly.

"Santorum" is a noun, so it's always used in that form.

"Saddleback" is a verb, so there are multiple forms and it will be more difficult to redefine it on Google and other places. "Saddlebacking" seems to be the popular form and the name of Dan's websites. "Saddleback" remains all about the church on Google searches.

Posted by Mahtli69 on February 5, 2009 at 1:39 PM

Oh, that's beautiful.

Posted by violet_dagrinder on February 5, 2009 at 4:14 PM

poor rick. imagine. i'm sure he thought he would always be considered in compliance with "community standards".

Posted by glad gladys on February 5, 2009 at 7:48 PM