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Defense Department to remove photos of WWII plane Enola Gay because it has 'gay' in its name

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Defense Department to remove photos of WWII plane Enola Gay because it has 'gay' in its name

www.advocate.com

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News • 24 hours ago

cross-posted to:
nottheonion

The Defense Department wants to remove photos of the Enola Gay, a WWII plane, because it has 'gay' in its name. No, this isn't a joke.

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10•22 hours ago
Anyone remember what Dan Savage did to Rick Santorum back in the day? We could bring something like that back to make new words for them to go after https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_for_the_neologism_"santorum"

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