Great Post by SmallFellah Pointing-Out A Lack of Nuance

One of the main tactics people use to thwart anti-heightism discussion is to boil things down into ridiculous polar opposites that can't be defended against. An example of this is people who make it as though the only options are to either ignore heightism, or, be a loser who lives in his grandma's toolshed, chews his own toenail clippings and throws marbles at raccoons. These people often make statements such as "You can either bitch about heightism, or, be successful in life" as if the two have to be mutually-exclusive entities. This is what we refer to as the "Either/Or Fallacy," which is a fallacy used where all possibilities of nuance are boiled out of a scenario as a means to try to control someone else's actions. HeightismAOS points-out that this fallacy is also called a "False Dilemma." This tactic is extremely important to heightists and heightism-deniers alike because they have to eliminate the possibility that successful short men could also oppose heightism. This illusion is extremely important to them because if successful short men are also advocating against heightism, they would have to hold themselves accountable. r/short user, "SmallFellah," seems to have an excellent grasp on this concept, thus, I am posting his Gold Star comment in this forum. He doesn't believe the smoke-and-mirrors and deserves to be commended on his ability to think objectively about the topic-derailing illusions that hijack heightism discussions, especially on r/short.

Here's the post.

"Man what is up with this sub? Why is there such a massive yearning to act as if being very short is not a factor in both love life and life in general. So many people with blinders on that think that life is a made for TV movie that has a happy ending for the righteous character in the end. It honestly doesn't, there isn't guarantees and not all people are created equal. The extremes on this sub is so fucking strange. There is no middle ground, only black and white. Either you are the 5'2 stud that has never experienced any problems and believe anyone that has ever had a negative experience to be scum of the earth liars or greasy awkward trash. Or you are the awkward weirdos with vendettas against women and own a plethora of fedoras.

Is there room for normal short dudes who are in the middle? Short men who at 5'2 was viciously bullied growing up BUT dealt with it and moved on. That maybe didn't become these studs but managed to hide the deep seeded insecurity and found relationships here and there. That have found proffessional success while also acknowledging that my size has brought on preconceived notions of weakness and femininity. What I am trying to say is that the truth is somewhere in the middle and that this sub needs to stop with absolutes. It only serves to piss off both parties and continue the divide here."


https://www.reddit.com/r/short/comments/813ec2/it_seems_extreme_heightism_only_exist_on_internet/dv0vcqw/