Thoughts on this recent viral incident?
Jul 11, 2019 14:44:58 GMT
Heightism Report and supportfortheshort like this
Post by HeightismAOS on Jul 11, 2019 14:44:58 GMT
Basically some short guy lost it in a bagel shop due to people constantly disrespecting him about his height. He even ended up getting assaulted by some tall guy. Here's the link.
Unsurprisingly, the one who resorted to violence is the hero, while the short guy (who was merely being verbal) is predictably labeled with short man syndrome/napoleon complex. I like how the narrative going around, is that the tall guy was a hero who saved hapless women from an unarmed misogynist half his size. Meanwhile, look at this screenshot of the smirking girl. She was clearly fearing for her life. /s
I think that based on the short guy's rant, it's pretty obvious that someone in the store said or did something based on his height, which caused him to pour his heart out about how his height has affected him throughout his life. Keep in mind this bagel place has a history of shoddy service: www.yelp.com/biz/bagel-boss-east-bay-shore-2?q=service
Do a word search for "rude" and you'll see all the customers complaining. This leads me to further believe the store antagonized the short man first.
Do a word search for "rude" and you'll see all the customers complaining. This leads me to further believe the store antagonized the short man first.
Either way, he's probably had this pent up for a long time. Of course, the one time he loses his cool is what he's judged on. Nobody stops to think about cause and effect or how he got to this point. Somebody on twitter claims to know him and says the dude has been bullied about his height since school. What a shocker. People are also spinning this as "lol incel manlet just angry that he can't get laid," making it seem like this guy hasn't been ostracized his whole life outside the dating realm due to his height. They focus on the part where he talks about how women on dating sites treat him, but not when he says everyone talks under their breath about his height.
Then the bagel shop owner adds to the mocking:
People on social media are also proving the short man wrong... By further discriminating based on height, as seen on twitter and reddit.
Like usual, they make it seem like the short guy's reaction to heightism is the main problem, even though it's just the symptom of what they caused. They really want to make it seem like being 4'11 or whatever he is has no bearing on how others treat him, while at the same time mocking short men and making excuses like "People only talk about his height because he's insecure about it."
Didn't you guys know? If I dislike racism, then I'm insecure about my race. I'm sure these same people also think that if a woman is insecure about her body and angry about body shaming, then that means it's more okay to target her and those like her. Whatever helps everyone sleep at night.
P.S. I can't find the post anymore, but there was a doctor in the comments on reddit who said the short guy seemed to be having a mental breakdown and that we should treat him more calmly. People downvoted this doctor. Apparently, the hatred towards short men is so strong that everyone's "mental illness awareness" virtue signaling slipped completely, just so they could continue to justify their vitriol. The hypocrisy never ceases to amaze me. Everyone else in society is allowed to turn downright nasty the moment a short man offends them in any way, yet at the same time, they expect docility from short men no matter how much ridicule is encountered.
