Post by Heightism Report on Oct 23, 2017 1:29:35 GMT
A college student posted a thread on r/short where he was being honest and real about how he consistently has his height mocked. A lot of short men chimed-in offering well-intentioned advice, but look at all of the comments that tried to deprive him of feeling any anger toward anyone who makes such comments.
https://www.reddit.com/r/short/comments/7817tc/how_to_deal_with_nasty_comments_constantly_being/
"Develop a quick wit. Be passive aggressive and never show anger. This will go in your favor as they will get irritated and make mistakes.
(Develop a quick wit. Why are we always burdened with providing entertainment for those who make derogatory remarks? What's wrong with us developing an expectation that we get treated with the same respect as anyone else? People need to get used to heightism not always being discussed with an element of humor. There's nothing humorous about hearing the same played-out jokes on a rotating loop, so just maybe it's time to learn to not always frame heightism in a humorous manner. Also...why are we never allowed to show anger? If a tall man displays anger, it's taken as him being a badass who isn't afraid to demand respect, and he gets respected more so. However, if a short man shows even a sliver of discontent, he's violating the laws of the land and gets put in his place by other short men.
"If they insult your height, mention any flaws they might have. For example, if a big guy calls you short, then just say: "yeah yeah whatever, porkchops". But say this with a smile. Never come up with a comeback that secures their confirmation that it bothers you, it's not really a comeback then. The smiling part always catches people off. Its a show of fake confidence but they don't know that."
(There we go again. Say it with a smile so as to trivialize the situation. What other discrimated-against group works so hard to police their own by forcing one another to always smile, giggle, and joke every time they are discriminated against? This whole notion is absurd. We have to get to a point where we stop worrying about the reaction of the short person. None of the comments in that thread deal with the actions of the people making the discriminatory comments, they all deal with the tone of the person being discriminated against. In fairness, he did ask for advice so the comments will naturally reflect more on his reaction, but it's ridiculous that none of the comments even considered the behavior of the discriminators; The comments merely told the guy to be a non-threatening jolly little man who shows no anger.)
And just as a bonus, here's a comment by a 6'3 guy who is completely dumbfounded that people at a university would judge someone on account of their height.
"May I ask in what society you are living? ....that you have to deal with this shit in a fucking UNIVERSITY? I mean, people should have totally different problems than judge someone else. What the fuck."
https://www.reddit.com/r/short/comments/7817tc/how_to_deal_with_nasty_comments_constantly_being/
"Develop a quick wit. Be passive aggressive and never show anger. This will go in your favor as they will get irritated and make mistakes.
(Develop a quick wit. Why are we always burdened with providing entertainment for those who make derogatory remarks? What's wrong with us developing an expectation that we get treated with the same respect as anyone else? People need to get used to heightism not always being discussed with an element of humor. There's nothing humorous about hearing the same played-out jokes on a rotating loop, so just maybe it's time to learn to not always frame heightism in a humorous manner. Also...why are we never allowed to show anger? If a tall man displays anger, it's taken as him being a badass who isn't afraid to demand respect, and he gets respected more so. However, if a short man shows even a sliver of discontent, he's violating the laws of the land and gets put in his place by other short men.
"If they insult your height, mention any flaws they might have. For example, if a big guy calls you short, then just say: "yeah yeah whatever, porkchops". But say this with a smile. Never come up with a comeback that secures their confirmation that it bothers you, it's not really a comeback then. The smiling part always catches people off. Its a show of fake confidence but they don't know that."
(There we go again. Say it with a smile so as to trivialize the situation. What other discrimated-against group works so hard to police their own by forcing one another to always smile, giggle, and joke every time they are discriminated against? This whole notion is absurd. We have to get to a point where we stop worrying about the reaction of the short person. None of the comments in that thread deal with the actions of the people making the discriminatory comments, they all deal with the tone of the person being discriminated against. In fairness, he did ask for advice so the comments will naturally reflect more on his reaction, but it's ridiculous that none of the comments even considered the behavior of the discriminators; The comments merely told the guy to be a non-threatening jolly little man who shows no anger.)
And just as a bonus, here's a comment by a 6'3 guy who is completely dumbfounded that people at a university would judge someone on account of their height.
"May I ask in what society you are living? ....that you have to deal with this shit in a fucking UNIVERSITY? I mean, people should have totally different problems than judge someone else. What the fuck."
