Post by Heightism Report on Sept 12, 2015 8:37:59 GMT
This thread, is going to be where we post time-sensitive things that need to be done in in regard to getting our narrative out there, and so we can increase our online presence. Basically, when a story breaks, a video gets posted, a heightist ad gets posted, etc., we need to do the best we can to leave comments, send emails etc. I understand that we all lead busy lives, so it's impossible to get full-participation on every call to action, but this thread will be a great one-stop-shopping resource where we can go when we do have some time to fight the good fight.
I'll start off with two calls to action.
1) Has everyone signed the petition to get the DirecTV Randy Moss ad pulled? Even though they seem to be running the ad with even more frequency recently, it's still rather impressive that we have 160 signatures. That may not sound like many, but in regard to heightism, that's a definite point of pride. Anyway, here's the link
www.change.org/p/directv-stop-directv-s-offensive-petite-randy-moss-ad?recruiter=136597&utm_source=share_for_starters&utm_medium=copyLink
2) On DirecTV's Youtube page, they deleted the Randy Moss commercial, then, reposted it. I'm not sure why they did this, but maybe the comment section was just such a bad look that they wiped the slate clean. They comments were a bunch of "manlets must die" nonsense, juxtaposed with some people speaking on their behalf, which was mainly because r/short did a pretty good job of getting the word out. Anyway though, we need to get some intelligent dialogue going in the new comment section.
The reason it's important to make these efforts, is because we need to make people get used to hearing anti-heightism dialogue. I remember back when I was all alone in regard to heightism, and was reading heightist articles online, I began to notice people like Joe in the comments section who were music to my ears in regard to all of the heightism. It really stood out to me, and I want to provide that opportunity for people who may be waking up the same way I did several years back.
Ok, also, CWALLAY posted this link that tells the ins-and-outs about writing op-eds to various newspapers. I'm posting it here as a resource so that we can have it on file for when we need it.
www.ccmc.org/node/16179
Ok, everyone. Keep your eyes out for other opportunities for us to make moves.
I'll start off with two calls to action.
1) Has everyone signed the petition to get the DirecTV Randy Moss ad pulled? Even though they seem to be running the ad with even more frequency recently, it's still rather impressive that we have 160 signatures. That may not sound like many, but in regard to heightism, that's a definite point of pride. Anyway, here's the link
www.change.org/p/directv-stop-directv-s-offensive-petite-randy-moss-ad?recruiter=136597&utm_source=share_for_starters&utm_medium=copyLink
2) On DirecTV's Youtube page, they deleted the Randy Moss commercial, then, reposted it. I'm not sure why they did this, but maybe the comment section was just such a bad look that they wiped the slate clean. They comments were a bunch of "manlets must die" nonsense, juxtaposed with some people speaking on their behalf, which was mainly because r/short did a pretty good job of getting the word out. Anyway though, we need to get some intelligent dialogue going in the new comment section.
The reason it's important to make these efforts, is because we need to make people get used to hearing anti-heightism dialogue. I remember back when I was all alone in regard to heightism, and was reading heightist articles online, I began to notice people like Joe in the comments section who were music to my ears in regard to all of the heightism. It really stood out to me, and I want to provide that opportunity for people who may be waking up the same way I did several years back.
Ok, also, CWALLAY posted this link that tells the ins-and-outs about writing op-eds to various newspapers. I'm posting it here as a resource so that we can have it on file for when we need it.
www.ccmc.org/node/16179
Ok, everyone. Keep your eyes out for other opportunities for us to make moves.
