Apparently the gay world was up in arms over Google tying the word "gayest" to "worst" in its searches. All I can say is, pick your battles folks. Words come and go in our vocabulary like the tides, in and out. And as I have said many posts ago, words only have the power that you give them. The harder you fight over a word, the more attention and thus more use it gets. Google has long been a supporter of diversity and equality. There was no hidden agenda on their part to wrong the LGBT community. As part of their duty as a search engine is to keep up with trends. And it is not like a human does this. A computer program picks up on key words and associates them with similar vernacular. And I myself did the search and found worse things then "gayest" being tied to "worst". How about the stereotyping of gay people? How about the "gayest" being the most feminine? So instead of blaming a company that has been nothing but good to us, why don't we, as a community, stop and think about the image we portray and set better examples. Just a thought and I am sure it is not a popular one. Feel free to leave messages below. Love to all.
Burly Bear Chris
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