Current Events > I cringe when people say "midget"

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There are certain words that only stupid people say. That is one of them.

Manlet
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You just said it
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The proper term is "little person".

Little People of America, the worlds oldest and largest dwarfism support organization and an international, membership-based organization for people with dwarfism and their families, advocates to abolish the use of the word midget. The word midget was never coined as the official term to identify people with dwarfism, but was created as a label used to refer to people of short stature who were on public display for curiosity and sport. Today, the word midget is considered a derogatory slur. The dwarfism community has voiced that they prefer to be referred to as dwarfs, little people, people of short stature or having dwarfism, or simply, and most preferably, by their given name.
http://www.lpaonline.org/the-m-word

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHW54ouG7b0

The word has been used over time to refer to a person on display and a spectacle. It has come to be used as a derogatory term to label and demean a population of people who are simply small.

To a person with dwarfism, the word midget can be as painful as someone using the R-word to describe a person with an intellectual disability. These words are derogatory because they label a group of individuals by their differences, typically in a negative light.

I am not my label. Im a person who was born with achondroplasia. To call me a midget puts a label on me that denigrates my individual nature.

Its always appropriate to describe me as a person who has dwarfism or someone who has achondroplasia. Two words, which are oftentimes associated with my condition, are dwarf or little person. I dont mind being described as a little person. Its especially helpful for children because it helps them better understand that we are just smaller people.

https://themighty.com/2016/04/why-midget-is-offensive-to-people-with-dwarfism/

Future_Trunks posted...

fuck off

Thanks for proving my point.

Is the plural little people or little persons.
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3khc posted...

Is the plural little people or little persons.

Little people

Ok so it's really not my place to say so I accept whatever the little person community has decided is the correct term, but I still think "little person" sounds patronising as fuck.

Like "No no you can't call him a dwarf or a midget. He's a little person. To my ears that sounds like you're talking about a child or something.
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CiIantro posted...

3khc posted...

Is the plural little people or little persons.

Little people

Little peopi
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madoka_kaname posted...

Manlet

how is this still not moddable

do you cringe at any word that's not pc?
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madoka_kaname posted...

Manlet

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I hate the word "little person" because it isn't descriptive enough.

Children are little people. Short people are little people. Skinny people are little people.
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weapon_d00d816 posted...

I hate the word "little person" because it isn't descriptive enough.

Children are little people. Short people are little people. Skinny people are little people.

Fine, say "person with dwarfism". The term midget originates from circus freakshows and has very negative connotations.

Did anyone watch In Bruges?
Super funny movie.
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Mighty Might, Jr Pee Wee, Pee Wee, Jr Midget, Midget, Jr Bantam, Bantam
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I don't use it anymore but I don't give a fuck if someone else does. I won't cringe. I won't care at all. I may call them for the sake of breaking their balls, but the word doesn't bother me...
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WizardPowers posted...

do you cringe at any word that's not pc?

Most. When people say them, it indicates a disgusting lack of class.

Dwarf sounds more offensive because it make you think of santa's elves. Just say midget. Everyone knows what you're talking about and the vast majority of people don't see it as an offensive term
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YookaLaylee posted...

Dwarf sounds more offensive because it make you think of santa's elves. Just say midget. Everyone knows what you're talking about and the vast majority of people don't see it as an offensive term

Almost ALL people with dwarfism find it offensive.

My brother's best friend from like 5th-10th grade had a sister, Erin, who I called the Flaky Little Midget. She graduated around 4'10? At best 5'. In like 6th grade one thing lead to another and I ended up putting wood glue in her hair. Which caused flaky scalp. Hence flaky little midget.
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Future_Trunks posted...

nah they don't

When we surveyed our community about the usage and overall impact of the word midget, over 90% of our members surveyed stated that the word should never be used in reference to a person with dwarfism.
http://www.lpaonline.org/the-m-word

KILBOTz posted...

My brother's best friend from like 5th-10th grade had a sister, Erin, who I called the Flaky Little Midget. She graduated around 4'10? At best 5'. In like 6th grade one thing lead to another and I ended up putting wood glue in her hair. Which caused flaky scalp. Hence flaky little midget.

What happened to her?
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CiIantro posted...

When we surveyed our community about the usage and overall impact of the word midget, over 90% of our members surveyed stated that the word should never be used in reference to a person with dwarfism.

"When we got a group together of all of our friends who all think alike and then asked them if this one term pissed them off....you won't believe the results!"
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I'd fuck a midget.
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My best friend growing up was a midget, 3'9. He would much rather be called Midget than a dwarf. You can make fun of Dwarves more than you can make fun of Midgets.

ZCheveyo posted...

CiIantro posted...

When we surveyed our community about the usage and overall impact of the word midget, over 90% of our members surveyed stated that the word should never be used in reference to a person with dwarfism.

"When we got a group together of all of our friends who all think alike and then asked them if this one term pissed them off....you won't believe the results!"

"When we get a group of people together who have dwarfism and ask if they enjoy being called a term that literally originated in circus freakshows...you won't believe the results!"

I cringe more when people say little person.
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I have to wonder how the logic works for people who don't understand their words are hurtful to other people.

"I don't personally have a problem with it (even though there's no reason why I should because I'm not the target of that word), so even if it injures other people, why should I change my behaviour at all?

Pretty narcissistic to stubbornly refuse to change the most simple of behaviour even when presented with fact, reasoned argument and heartfelt pleads for why you should.
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refmon posted...

KILBOTz posted...

My brother's best friend from like 5th-10th grade had a sister, Erin, who I called the Flaky Little Midget. She graduated around 4'10? At best 5'. In like 6th grade one thing lead to another and I ended up putting wood glue in her hair. Which caused flaky scalp. Hence flaky little midget.

What happened to her?

hmm, my best friend banged her for about a year, then she graduated with decent grades, IIRC went to a low prestige college and presumably graduated.\

but she is still alive, as far as i know.
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CiIantro posted...

The dwarfism community has voiced that they prefer to be referred to as dwarfs, little people, people of short stature or having dwarfism, or simply, and most preferably, by their given name.

What about vertically challenged? Or prone to gravity?
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pinky0926 posted...

Pretty narcissistic to stubbornly refuse to change the most simple of behaviour even when presented with fact, reasoned argument and heartfelt pleads for why you should.

100% agree. Continuing to use a word even though you know it is offensive is incredibly messed up.

KILBOTz posted...

My brother's best friend from like 5th-10th grade had a sister, Erin, who I called the Flaky Little Midget. She graduated around 4'10? At best 5'. In like 6th grade one thing lead to another and I ended up putting wood glue in her hair. Which caused flaky scalp. Hence flaky little midget.

I just kinda skimmed over this and saw "one thing led to another and I ended up putting wood in her." I went back and read more carefully. I was disappointed.
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CiIantro posted...

pinky0926 posted...

Pretty narcissistic to stubbornly refuse to change the most simple of behaviour even when presented with fact, reasoned argument and heartfelt pleads for why you should.

100% agree. Continuing to use a word even though you know it is offensive is incredibly messed up.

I think part of the problem is the rhetoric these days has diluted the word "offensive" so much that it comes across more like part of a game you have to win, like there's nothing actually meaningful at stake. Oh, a liberal was offended? 20 points!

I prefer injury. When you use racial slurs for example, you're actually injuring a people and contributing to the environment and factors that have systematically injured those people for a long time. I think most people could understand that even if they also think that "libruls are just offended at everything".
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Little Person is cringe because it sounds like you're trying too hard not be offensive.
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thought police smh lib sjws xDDD #maga
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pinky0926 posted...

I have to wonder how the logic works for people who don't understand their words are hurtful to other people.

"I don't personally have a problem with it (even though there's no reason why I should because I'm not the target of that word), so even if it injures other people, why should I change my behaviour at all?

Pretty narcissistic to stubbornly refuse to change the most simple of behaviour even when presented with fact, reasoned argument and heartfelt pleads for why you should.

so i can kind of answer this based on how i used to think. i was super anti-pc and my dad still is. I loved rush limbaugh at 14.

my dad is 6'2", former concrete layer and built like a brick shithouse, like he could military press ~300 pounds at 50. im 6'6" and a former athlete still in good shape. So basically nothing someone can call you can offend you. So you assume other people are just being sensitive little bitches if they get offended by a name, not really understanding if someone treats you subhuman for years that shit can wear on you. Like someone talks shit to me, its just whatevs, I know they are just a small little t*** (can you believe that is totally censored?! so anti-british) and who gives a fuck about their opinion? I think that is often where it comes from.
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pinky0926 posted...

When you use racial slurs for example, you're actually injuring a people and contributing to the environment and factors that have systematically injured those people for a long time.

this type of thinking is supremely over exaggerated

sticks and stones bruh
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You're a little person! Yes you are!
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pinky0926 posted...

CiIantro posted...

pinky0926 posted...

Pretty narcissistic to stubbornly refuse to change the most simple of behaviour even when presented with fact, reasoned argument and heartfelt pleads for why you should.

100% agree. Continuing to use a word even though you know it is offensive is incredibly messed up.

I think part of the problem is the rhetoric these days has diluted the word "offensive" so much that it comes across more like part of a game you have to win, like there's nothing actually meaningful at stake. Oh, a liberal was offended? 20 points!

I prefer injury. When you use racial slurs for example, you're actually injuring a people and contributing to the environment and factors that have systematically injured those people for a long time. I think most people could understand that even if they also think that "libruls are just offended at everything".

Yeah, being a decent human being has somehow become politicized.

UncleBourbon33 posted...

Little Person is cringe because it sounds like you're trying too hard not be offensive.

People probably said the same thing when the term "African American" caught on.

Little person or dwarf both seem way more derogatory or hurtful than midget.
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_Squirtle_ posted...

sticks and stones bruh

Call someone the N-word, then follow up with that. See what happens.

CiIantro posted...

_Squirtle_ posted...

sticks and stones bruh

Call someone the N-word, then follow up with that. See what happens.

good job illustrating that thugs will beat you up for just using words
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