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Little people want FCC to ban the word 'midget'

Full story: The York Daily Record

Little people are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to ban the use of the word "midget" on broadcast TV.

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Ben Dover

Harrisburg, PA

I guess "Little People" is a better name? I would think that would be more demeaning.

nosferatu

York, PA

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Everyone's just waaaayyyyy too sensitive to every little thing. Whatever happened to "sticks and stones..."?

mugz

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what do u expect from joan rivers she is such a b*tch.. she is one nasty woman..

yeah

Lebanon, PA

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They are making a BIG deal out of this. Those Midgets.

ecmlhr

Waterloo, Canada

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Ben Dover wrote:

I guess "Little People" is a better name? I would think that would be more demeaning.

They probably want to be called man or woman without describing their size. I'm just guessing here.

Happy Old Fart

Philadelphia, PA

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I wish they would also ban A$$HOLE, then people could be prosecuted when they call me this every day.
Midget could be buried at a special ceremony like the "N" word was buried. But we old timers will continue using those words.
As previously mentioned, people are way to sensitively politically correct these days. Where the hell did the term POLITICALLY CORRECT originate. Grow up people!!! Life is so very easy if you choose to make it that way.

josip

Red Lion, PA

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I think it has something to do with the fact that the word midget is defined as not the whole thing,incomplete, diminutive. Like: A a midget car isnt really a full car, its like saying a midget person is not really a full person. Little people refers to them by big or small, not by whole or not whole, full or not full, normal or not normal.

Fed Up

Lancaster, PA

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I don't like being called tall or white or bald. Let's ban those words. Or here's a word we haven't banned yet that seems to describe the whole thing, RETARDED.

Tony

West Orange, NJ

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Let them pick the term, but then that's it. That's the one we use. Not like the physically challenged who used to be handicapped who used to be crippled. Or blacks, who used to be colored, then African American, then Afro-American, then black. It's too damn confusing to keep up with the changing terminology.

Obama the Pussey

Dover, PA

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How about dwarf, troll, retard, figit, knee high, short stuff, curb climber, dog bait, littleShit, PissHead?

David

Manchester, PA

That ad was offensive; the word should not be as it has a meaning of small. A midget car is not a demeaning term; it means a small car. Midget as a term was popularized by Barnum in his circus.
My wife is 4'9" so is she vertically challenged, a midget, a short lady, a little person or something else more politically correct or all of these?

Just a Thought

York, PA

Hey there "Happy Old Fart"..I agree with you 1000%..
the crap with "Politicaly Correct", if I recall correctly, started with the BS from the Clintons.
ALSO...would you, by ANY chance, be my "friend" from some time ago???...maybe the hint "Fair Winds, etc"....will ring true?

Reality Check

York, PA

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Short people got....no reason.....Short people got....no reason.....

charlie

Red Lion, PA

midgets themselves say they view the word midget to mean not small, but less than whole , and no one wants to be viewed as less than whole regardless of your size.

Always Navy

Philadelphia, PA

Just a Thought wrote:

Hey there "Happy Old Fart"..I agree with you 1000%..
the crap with "Politicaly Correct", if I recall correctly, started with the BS from the Clintons.
ALSO...would you, by ANY chance, be my "friend" from some time ago???...maybe the hint "Fair Winds, etc"....will ring true?

Ha! Ha! Friend, "Just a Thought"! Yes, we must ALWAYS remember, "Fair Winds and Following Seas". It has served me well throughout my entire life. The sun will surely rise in the morning and things will not always be to our liking, but persevere, make some changes, and always remember the above quote. When at sea, the quote is our guiding force and eventually IT will arrive, just as everything in life, if we lighten up.
And never take ones self to seriously...it IS later than you think! How's THE Chief doing? Carry on.

brother lo

Joined: Aug 7, 2008

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Wilmington, DE

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they needed 1000 signatures on a petition but came up short.

Reality Check

York, PA

Here's an idea.....

Let's call them Toy People, Miniature People or Teacup People. We have Teacup Chihuahuas, Toy Poodles, and Miniature Dobermans, Greyhounds, Schnauzers, etc. They aren't offended are they?? Miniature just means a smaller version of the normal size. In any way. where's Randy Newman hiding in all of this??

Realist

Jamison, PA

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Come on now. hey are just vertically challenged.

nosferatu

York, PA

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Curb climbers - hahahahahaha

Just a Thought

York, PA

Hey there "Always Navy".....THE Chief is getting ready to RETIRE end of this month.
THANK YOU for thinking of him...and, before I forget...THANK YOU for your service to our country.
Also, I see you are listed as from "Philly"....THE Chief was stationed there at one time at the Naval Shipyards.....
Please keep in touch....I enjoy reading your posts...we seem to be on the 'same page'....

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