Weekend Diversion: Dan Savage Threatens Santorum with Another Google Problem

Dan Savage and Funny or Die! teamed up to give former Senator, GOP presidential hopeful and "sanctity of marriage" advocate Rick Santorum - he of the "Google problem" - an ultimatum: lay off teh gays or Santorum's first name gets it.

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By Chuck Sudo in Arts & Events on July 31, 2011 10:00 AM

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snoopoz

That would be an awesome Rickroll, though.

JayP123

And does Savage think that, unlike the relatively few number of people in the world who personally know a Santorum, the people who know a Rick will not be subject to condemnation if they try to turn their friend's name into a slur?

Does Savage himself not know any other Ricks who might take offense?

This guy is becoming seriously unhinged.

matthannigan

Dan Savage is unhinged? What about the guy who equates gay sex with bestiality? Is that not 'unhinged'? And, as it has been pointed out, and I think it's pretty clear, but this is obviously a joke. My interpretation of it all is that, "Hey! Don't fuck with the gays!"

ChicagoD

"Funny or Die." I wonder why he'd be working with a group with a name like that? Hmmm.

JayP123

Yes, I can read the words on the screen. I'm not convinced it's parody.

ChicagoD

Wow. Really. You are aces consumer of humor!

Want me to explain that to you?

jhop79

Did the crying professional basketball player not convince you it was parody?

JayP123

"Lighten up, it's just a joke" is the first retreat of a bigot. As far as I'm concerned, when a guy goes on television and publicly asserts that he wants 1/3rd of the country's population to die because they're political opponents, he no longer gets the benefit of the doubt. This is parody in the same sense that a David Duke karaoke performance of "Nigga What Nigga Who" would be -- which is to say, it isn't.

ChicagoD

Yes. Of course, David Duke was not an entertainment professional making his living over time with humor. Dan Savage, on the other hand . . . wait. This is going to be lost on you.

JayP123

Since you would need to finish that thought with the blatantly untrue, "Dan Savage, on the other hand, doesn't engage in political activism" for the analogy to be proper, I understand completely why you're loathe to finish it.

ChicagoD

Oh yes, a humorist who is also an activist is EXACTLY the same as a racist politician. I am not loathe to finish the thought. You're getting your panties in a twist because you want to. Dan Savage is not going to try to steer google hits to a definition of "Rick" that would embarrass Rick Santorum (although, I have no idea what would embarrass Rick Santorum). You know that. I know that. This is all false indignation, and not very well done at that.