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When did the word midget become offensive?
Posted on 7/20/18 at 1:57 pm
Posted on 7/20/18 at 1:57 pm
If you are watching Big Brother this season, you know they have a little guy on there.
Well, the other day the black girl on there called him a midget to his face. He lit into her, saying her calling him a midget is like him calling her the nagging word (and he dropped the N word, he didn't sensor it).
I always knew midget wasn't PC, but it's now offensive? To me, midget described little people with certain features, large body, small limbs, etc.
A dwarf is someone with all features equally proportioned, but just small.
I know the Nword is VERY offensive for obvious reasons, but how is midget offensive, not just politically incorrect?
Just starting some mid day banter (drug induced).
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Well, the other day the black girl on there called him a midget to his face. He lit into her, saying her calling him a midget is like him calling her the nagging word (and he dropped the N word, he didn't sensor it).
I always knew midget wasn't PC, but it's now offensive? To me, midget described little people with certain features, large body, small limbs, etc.
A dwarf is someone with all features equally proportioned, but just small.
I know the Nword is VERY offensive for obvious reasons, but how is midget offensive, not just politically incorrect?
Just starting some mid day banter (drug induced).
InB4 3bans
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Posted on 7/20/18 at 1:58 pm to theantiquetiger
quote:
To me, midget described little people with certain features, large body, small limbs, etc.
A dwarf is someone with all features equally proportioned, but just small.
Think you got that backward, baw.
Posted on 7/20/18 at 1:59 pm to theantiquetiger
They'd get pissed at the entire midwest because midget sprint car racing is YUGE there.
Posted on 7/20/18 at 1:59 pm to theantiquetiger
1994
Posted on 7/20/18 at 2:00 pm to theantiquetiger
I just assume that a reference to any type of person is offensive now.
Posted on 7/20/18 at 2:00 pm to theantiquetiger
Dude, your descriptions of midget and dwarf are backwards.
Posted on 7/20/18 at 2:03 pm to theantiquetiger
quote:
but it's now offensive?
I have gotten the impression it has always been offensive to midgets but until now no one cared.
Posted on 7/20/18 at 2:03 pm to Han_solo1988
Seinfeld
This post was edited on 7/20/18 at 2:05 pm
Posted on 7/20/18 at 2:04 pm to theantiquetiger
Yes, a friend I went to HS with is really short (he might be 3'9ish).. If he goes in public places, from time to time, there will be someone that says loud "look at that midget!". Nothing else bothered him, but the midget thing pissed him off. I get it.
I hate when people use the word "crippled". It's the perception of the words that people have problems with.
I hate when people use the word "crippled". It's the perception of the words that people have problems with.
Posted on 7/20/18 at 2:05 pm to theantiquetiger
EVERYTHING is offensive.
Posted on 7/20/18 at 2:05 pm to theantiquetiger
If he doesn't care for it or if they think it's offensive, what's the issue? He set her arse straight using her own logic. That's the headline.
Posted on 7/20/18 at 2:05 pm to theantiquetiger
Zah says it's not offensive, and he's the king of the midgets
This post was edited on 7/20/18 at 2:06 pm
Posted on 7/20/18 at 2:06 pm to theantiquetiger
I'm going to the midget sprint car races in Squaw Valley with a couple of .... NVM don't want to get banned.
Posted on 7/20/18 at 2:07 pm to theantiquetiger
It’s been considered offensive for several years.
Posted on 7/20/18 at 2:07 pm to OweO
quote:
crippled
I can see that, crippled is a verb, not a noun.
That accident crippled him.
You good with it used this way?
This post was edited on 7/20/18 at 2:19 pm
Posted on 7/20/18 at 2:09 pm to lsunurse
What about when used with “wrestling”. Midget wrestling makes it ok right?
Posted on 7/20/18 at 2:09 pm to OweO
quote:
I hate when people use the word "crippled". It's the perception of the words that people have problems with.
100% agree. Crippled infers weakness and a need for assistance. I prefer to use the more accepted term “cripple”. Although even that, one day in the future, won’t be acceptable. It’s hard to keep up.
Posted on 7/20/18 at 2:15 pm to azcatiger
quote:
What about when used with “wrestling”
Would you use the Nword next to wrestling?
Or the R word?
Posted on 7/20/18 at 2:15 pm to OysterPoBoy
Little person is the preferred term now, but eventually that will become offensive. They’ll change the preferred term until that becomes offensive.......it’s an endless cycle.
Posted on 7/20/18 at 2:15 pm to theantiquetiger
quote:Literally, exactly wrong.
midget described little people with certain features, large body, small limbs, etc.
A dwarf is someone with all features equally proportioned, but just small.
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