Google to Santorum: We Won't Change the Double Meaning

[William769]

Google shut down a request from arch-conservative presidential candidate Rick Santorum after he asked the Internet search engine to help him with his "name problem," i.e. when you search "Santorum" on Google, a description of an unfortunate sexual side effect appears.

Columnist and gay rights activist Dan Savage named the mix of lubricant and fecal matter, caused by anal sex, "Santorum." It quickly caught on, with bloggers linking mentions of the candidate's name to the alternate definition, and is now it's the first description appearing on Google whenever someone searches for "Santorum." The antigay Santorum has long complained about the issue and told Politico that he recently brought it to Google's attention.

“I suspect if something was up there like that about Joe Biden, they’d get rid of it,” Santorum toldPolitico. “If you're a responsible business, you don't let things like that happen in your business that have an impact on the country.”

But Google said it's not their responsibility to fix Santorum's problem; he needs to go to each individual webmaster that has used "Santorum" to describe the sexual substance and ask them to remove it. Google says it merely culls those descriptions.

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/09/21/Google_Santorum_Name_to_Retain_Double_Meaning/

[PeaceNikki]

1. Any DU links that discuss Santorum being the frothy mix of lube and fecal matter

that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex? Lots of places make note of Santorum being defined as the frothy mix of lube and fecal matter and anal sex.

[Gin]

2. is that a real definition or like something on wikipedia that was

made up to piss him off?...

[PeaceNikki]

3. Read the story.

It discusses how Santorum came to being defined as the frothy mix of lube and fecal matter and anal sex.

[William769]

4. It was payback for his stance on Homosexuals.

[TroglodyteScholar]

8. I think he's actually named after the froth. n/t

[xchrom]

5. Who says Santorum is the frothy mix of lube & anal sex?

Surely no one would say Santorum = the frothy mix of lube & anal sex!

[Arugula Latte]

16. Well, on the contrary, many people say Santorum is the frothy mix of lube & anal sex

I suppose that's because many have come to believe that Santorum is the frothy mix of lube & anal sex.

[joeybee12]

6. OMG! There really is a PERSON named Santorum!!!

What A coincidence!!!!

[gratuitous]

7. Quit being such a frothy mix, Rick

And your Google problem is solved. Unlike the people you despise, you have a choice in this matter, Mr. Santorum.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

9. I bet that left him with a bad taste and frothy feeling in his mouth. nt

[siligut]

10. Oh, I want him to go to webmasters and ask politely

I know he will pay people to do it for him and I hope it isn't successful. I just want him to see and feel beholden to the people he hurts with his small-minded, hateful stance.

[WingDinger]

11. I thought it was tissue tears from anal sex. Yknow, rectum hell, He SanTorum a new asshole.

[RevStPatrick]

12. I think Dan Savage would be the first to say...

...that it wasn't his idea to call Santorum the frothy mix of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex. He had a contest for his readers to come up with a definition of the word santorum, and one of his readers suggested the frothy mix of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex. Dan selected that entry, and ever since santorum has been referred to as the frothy mix of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex.

I've heard Dan say that a couple of times...

[idiotgardener]

13. How do I love this story? Let me count the ways...

1. It's causing another round of publicity for this definition of the word.

2. It shows that Rick has no clue how Google works, i.e. he doesn't understand search engines.

3. It shows that Rick is a crybaby who believes he deserves special consideration that others do not get.

4. It shows how egotistical Rick is. He believes searching for his name on Google "has an impact on the country".

5. He made it worse by claiming he's being discriminated against.

6. It opens the door for Rick to try to convince webmasters all over the world to scrub his name, which will cause a repeat of number 1-5 and probably a lot of deletions of information about him that he would not want deleted.

[jmowreader]

14. I would call any impact it has, a positive one

Anything that keeps Rick Santorum out of elected office is fine by me.

[Arugula Latte]

15. It makes it even funnier that he's publicly complaining.

:rofl: