People just say things they think will get them a lot of likes.

@Rau
Who’s opinion is it about? I just find it hard to believe that someone who is outraged about the word midget would prefer little person or dwarf. How is that any less “derogatory”? Did the midgets meet up one day and declare this? It sounds like a fully grown white liberal crusade, that’s all lol. Simply because they are constantly doing shit like this.

@chris
Gearbox can do whatever they want, I have just never heard the term used in a derogatory way. It was used to describe someone.
Guy 1: Hey game of thrones is great, Tyrion is my favorite character.

Guy 2: who’s that

Guy 1: the midget

Guy 2: oh ok

There is no hate involved there. I have never heard midget used to be hateful in any way. Not once.

***There is no hate involved there. I have never heard midget used to be hateful in any way. Not once.***

Anecdotal and not necessarily representative of what a person who is short actually experiences.

If we based offensiveness on how much everyone has heard of it offensively, we wouldn't find much offensive even though it would still be as such to those affected.

But how does calling someone a “little person” or a dwarf make a short person feel any better? It sounds like some lord of the rings shit. It makes no sense and that’s why I find it hard to believe.

I don’t find much offensive honestly lol. Unless it’s about my family then I don’t care.

***But how does calling someone a “little person” or a dwarf make a short person feel any better? It sounds like some lord of the rings shit. It makes no sense and that’s why I find it hard to believe.***

Because of the connotation and history of the word. Same as hard g n-word when spoken by a white person to a black person in the U.S.

It's something you don't know because you don't live with it. But, if you did, you'd likely have a better perspective of the situation.

And, again, this isn't about telling you to not call a person what you want, this is GearBox recognizing it and choosing to do what they feel is right for them.

I don't think you need to understand the why to everything just to be respectful to others as they wish. I mean, isn't that what we all want, to be treated with respect?

I don’t know the history of the word midget, it’s the only term I have ever known. I respect many midgets, it has nothing to do with that. I have never known a midget personally or media to tell me they don’t like the word. I have never heard one midget say they don’t like the word let alone a mass movement in the early 2000s to squash the word.

You can’t compare n****r to midget just to make an argument. I highly doubt the same feelings are evoked. I would respect someone’s wishes if they truly felt hurt by the word but I have yet to see someone who isn’t a white liberal complain about such things. I hate to keep saying that but it’s the truth lol. I don’t care about white liberal knights or their feelings about someone else’s condition. Just like they don’t care about mine, my opinion doesn’t matter either lol.

I don’t respect people based on height or skin color or anything that isn’t action or character based. Warwick Davis is a great actor, I like most of his work. If he came on TV and asked people to stop saying midget then I would stop. The world wouldn’t but I would. I want to know if Warwick Davis prefers “little person”. That’s so dumb but I would respect that.

***I don’t know the history of the word midget***
***You can’t compare n****r to midget just to make an argument.***

How the heck do you know this? You don't know the history of the word?!?

***I respect many midgets***

Then you would respect their desire to not be called midgets? I mean, seriously, I provided a link to the main organization in the U.S. where they said they want to get rid of it. What do you have for an organization of similar nature that says they want to be called it? Anything? Or just your opinion?

Are you being respectful or are you just telling yourself you're being respectful?

***I want to know if Warwick Davis prefers “little person”.***

https://twitter.com/warwick...

https://www.chortle.co.uk/n...

Because I know the history of the word n***r and it’s not the same.

It’s an opinion piece by someone in the organization. True.

Hey great article with Warwick and I wouldn’t call him a midget. I don’t agree with everything or even the premise of “being used for cheap laughs” but I can respect it. A comedian calling someone a little person is still a midget joke. It’s not the joke that offends them, it’s the word used? It sounds like an answer to a loaded question more than a personal stance. I ask why with everything I don’t mean to offend it’s just habit lol.

Like he says they are all individuals and I get that. Some don’t like being called little people or dwarves. I’m just the type that couldn’t give a shit less about someone’s pronouns. “But the acceptable terms are...” lol.

He’s not the dwarf ambassador but I value his opinion on the matter more than anyone else's I guess. I have always appreciated his work since willow and leprechaun. He played the short guy. Thanks for that.

Lol@twitter. Thats the first time I have seen midget used in a derogatory way and of course it’s on twitter and not actually talking about a dwarf. A mental midget basically, that’s funny. As she rushes to shield her feminism she offends the boss. Twitter is a joke.

***I don’t agree with everything or even the premise of “being used for cheap laughs” but I can respect it.***
***He’s not the dwarf ambassador but I value his opinion on the matter more than anyone else's I guess.***

If you don't agree with the person in front of you who has experienced what they are telling you, and you say you respect them, then there's really no point in trying to get you to understand the reasons behind why they don't want to be called midgets. Your mind is made up and there's nothing that will change it.

End of conversation.

Okay but you just cherry picked what I said.... just saying the word midget isn’t funny, it’s not used for cheap laughs. The joke would still be funny if they were called little people. He’s telling comedians to stop using the word for cheap laughs. I respect him and I won’t call them midgets anymore but I don’t have to agree with everything he says. You saw what you wanted to see out if that post.

Later!

Wow. Talk about circling the drain. I hope you learned a lesson here Christopher. Intent doesn't matter as much as effect. Pretending otherwise is how you get caught up wasting time with people who are going to seize upon that gift to deny offensiveness by denying the intention behind the offense, no matter how much evidence you provide that people were offended. You provided exactly what was asked for both times. Think of how many levels of ridiculous that became. "Warwick Davis is a great actor, I like most of his work. If he came on TV and asked people to stop saying midget then I would stop." Where do you even go with that? What is that even saying? It's basically "I have no idea what I'm talking about and such nonexistent connection to the community whose agency I'm willfully ignoring to push this "white liberal" narrative, that I can only begin to be somewhat swayed if I hear it, again, from a celebrity member of that community." That's what you get when you prioritize the intent of the person offending over the effect on the people offended.

@Smokehouse

That's why I said it's not about you. It's about the community that term refers to. I don't have the patience for the shenanigans that Christopher has displayed. I'm not going to dumb it down and indulge willful obtuseness. I'm not going to be afraid to tell you not to say or do something. I fully recognize that I can't legally compel you not to say or do something, but I'm not going to be afraid to tell you not to do it. There's a wide gulf between saying don't do something and sending the goons to kick in your door for saying it. Some people just lack the maturity to deal with being told they shouldn't do something. Otherwise most of these debates about whether something is offensive or not could be avoided with the simple admonition to not be an a-hole.