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I'm not a big supporter of corporations by any means and I understand pouring vodka into the streets because vodka is a symbol of Russia. What I don't understand is attacking Coca Cola for supporting the Olympics, which they have done every year of my living existence. Recently people have been attacking Coca Colas "Share a Coke" App found at www.shareacoke.co.za because you are not able to type in "gay" and you get a response that says "Oops lets pretend you didn't just say that." While I understand everyone is looking for someone to point fingers at when it comes to the situation in Russia, I don't think this was an attack on the LGBT community. When you are a computer programmer and you need a generic list of offensive language, they have that available and unfortunately "GAY" which can be used in a derogatory form is on that list. If you saw how long the list was you would be enlightened with how many bad words there really are, and then you would immediately have the urge to take a shower. I know for a fact that this was intended as brand protection and is not directed intentionally at the gay community. As a matter of fact the Coke app is fully capable of generating LGBT, welovegays, and as you can see GAYVEGAS. There is so many things you cannot write on this App, the list goes on forever even hastags and .coms aren't allowed. So relax and enjoy an American classic, and know that it was not intentional, Coca Cola still loves you and supports the Olympics not anti-gay Russia.