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Post by Heightism Report on Mar 25, 2017 19:56:05 GMT
[a href="http://https://www.reddit.com/r/short/comments/6119an/is_short_man_syndrome_real/[/a]
I have to say that the guys who showed-up to dismiss the BS myth of Short Man Syndrome did a really good job. However, notice how that thread didn't receive much participation. If it were a "teeeheeee top shelves amirite" or a "What ridiculous short character are you dressing-up as for Comic Con" thread, it would've shut down the internet, but when tall people accuse short people of having a mental illness just based on their height, short people just shut-up and take it.
The thread of course has a few tall guys who talk that nonsense about how they are constantly bullied by short people wanting to beat them up to prove a point, and one said that short guys are "super-aggressive" toward him. Of course, he's not intelligent enough to understand that he has been indoctrinated to believe that everything a short guy does is either silly or aggressive. He also doesn't know that the way he carries himself, reflexively uses his height to posture for position on sidewalks, crowded elevators, and other public places is by nature aggressive. Tall people aren't taught to conduct themselves in a respectful manner, they're just automatically excused for walking how they want, they're not taught not to swing their arms and elbows in every which direction when they talk, walk, etc., and they're constantly accommodated physically everywhere they go. In the rare event when a short guy does pick them at random to try to beat them up to prove his manhood, it's still not a "syndrome." These tall idiots don't understand how proliferating that myth affects our lives on a daily basis. People believe that it is actually proven science when it is legitimately disproven.
And of course, [a href="http://https://www.reddit.com/r/short/comments/6119an/is_short_man_syndrome_real/dfbgexg/[/a]
He cites that study we all hate. You know, the one that all of the media entities said proved the existence of short man syndrome, but the study used ALL WOMEN, and not only women, but it used women who already experienced paranoia, and when they changed their heights in a virtual reality environment, they became paranoid! SHOCKING!
Then, the scholar goes onto cite a study that speaks of workplace discrimination against short men as an example that Short Man Syndrome exists. His whole "evidence" is based on the intro from the study that said where the myth of Short Man Syndrome started. The study did absolutely nothing to prove its existence, it merely showed how much of a fool Alfred Adler was for polluting his own scientific inquiry with his unfounded bigotry. This is the level of mental gymnastics we are up against folks.
In that thread, GeoffreyArnold has a nice, succinct definition of Short Man Syndrome
"No. SMS is not real. It's just a stigmatizing term used against short men who assert themselves or perform masculinity in a way that society reserves for tall men.
And Geoff is right because that truly is what the myth is all about. It's just a policing mechanism to ensure that short men don't get any of the goodies that are reserved for tall men.
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Post by Heightism Report on Mar 26, 2017 1:03:00 GMT
linkI have to say that the guys who showed-up to dismiss the BS myth of Short Man Syndrome did a really good job. However, notice how that thread didn't receive much participation. If it were a "teeeheeee top shelves amirite" or a "What ridiculous short character are you dressing-up as for Comic Con" thread, it would've shut down the internet, but when tall people accuse short people of having a mental illness just based on their height, short people just shut-up and take it. The thread of course has a few tall guys who talk that nonsense about how they are constantly bullied by short people wanting to beat them up to prove a point, and one said that short guys are "super-aggressive" toward him. Of course, he's not intelligent enough to understand that he has been indoctrinated to believe that everything a short guy does is either silly or aggressive. He also doesn't know that the way he carries himself, reflexively uses his height to posture for position on sidewalks, crowded elevators, and other public places is by nature aggressive. Tall people aren't taught to conduct themselves in a respectful manner, they're just automatically excused for walking how they want, they're not taught not to swing their arms and elbows in every which direction when they talk, walk, etc., and they're constantly accommodated physically everywhere they go. In the rare event when a short guy does pick them at random to try to beat them up to prove his manhood, it's still not a "syndrome." These tall idiots don't understand how proliferating that myth affects our lives on a daily basis. People believe that it is actually proven science when it is legitimately disproven. And of course, This ClownHe cites that study we all hate. You know, the one that all of the media entities said proved the existence of short man syndrome, but the study used ALL WOMEN, and not only women, but it used women who already experienced paranoia, and when they changed their heights in a virtual reality environment, they became paranoid! SHOCKING! Then, the scholar goes onto cite a study that speaks of workplace discrimination against short men as an example that Short Man Syndrome exists. His whole "evidence" is based on the intro from the study that said where the myth of Short Man Syndrome started. The study did absolutely nothing to prove its existence, it merely showed how much of a fool Alfred Adler was for polluting his own scientific inquiry with his unfounded bigotry. This is the level of mental gymnastics we are up against folks. In that thread, GeoffreyArnold has a nice, succinct definition of Short Man Syndrome "No. SMS is not real. It's just a stigmatizing term used against short men who assert themselves or perform masculinity in a way that society reserves for tall men. And Geoff is right because that truly is what the myth is all about. It's just a policing mechanism to ensure that short men don't get any of the goodies that are reserved for tall men. This is just par for the course there. I posted a comment once on r/tall where some tall guy was complaining about a minor issue. I did exactly what some of them do when they come to r/short. I wrote words to the effect of; "Get over it and grow up" or something similar. AS A GROUP, THEY TOLD ME WHERE TO GO ---- AS A GROUP. The pathetic short guys of r/short can't even stand up for themselves on their own sub-reddit. And the most pathetic thing of all is, no one even realizes the fact that if they went to r/tall and said similar things about the Tall, the tallers would all circle the wagons, AND, they wouldn't have to conspire to do so. They'd JUST DO IT. They'd just put the little man right in his place, no questions asked. It's funny that they mentioned that "study" that was done at the prestigious Oxford University 3 years ago. But here's a twist; I completely forgot to mention that in my interview yesterday I happened to ask Felicity Evans who else is going to be part of the segment that I interviewed for. She mentioned Daniel Freeman - the leader of that "study". Are we to assume now that the segment will attempt to demonize short men even MORE? Don't be surprised when it airs if the segment conveys the image that the famous "study" done 3 years ago with 60 "paranoid" women "proves" the existence of the infamous "short man syndrome". In a perfect world, he would be adamant about stating that no conclusion about short men could be reached from the study, but it doesn't bode well for us that he was invited at all because that's an indication that the BBC doesn't have good motives. My guess will be that they will mention that the study used all women, so they'll say that the study proves short people have a bit of a syndrome, with the implication being that if they did the same study on paranoid men, they too would be....paranoid, thus, it would be proven that short man syndrome exists. This seriously is the amount of mental gymnastics we can count-on for people to try to justify heightism against us. |
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Post by Heightism Report on Mar 26, 2017 2:23:06 GMT
And as far as the tallers circling the wagons versus the silence of the short, not only do the short remain silent, but the only time they do speak is to scold other short men who have the fortitude to defend themselves and short people as a whole. I'm telling you man, the deal the talls have set up themselves is pretty impressive when you think about it. They get to do anything they want, get rewarded for mere participation in life, get to be "confident badboys" for doing things that would get us labeled with a complex, and then when their perks are challenged, an army of self-loathing Garmins do the dirty work of suppressing all dissent. It's a really sweet deal for them, a sweet deal indeed. No wonder they're impressed by their own aura.
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Post by HeightismAOS on Mar 27, 2017 18:24:52 GMT
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Post by Heightism Report on Mar 27, 2017 18:51:21 GMT
The who cares guy obviously needs a basic reading comprehension course because literally nowhere was I saying anything about her not wanting to date short men; The whole post pointed-out her hypocrisy in demanding respect and condemning judgment of others, while also proudly judging and condemning short men. The "derrrr gosh guys...be nice to them and they'll love you for it" fluff dandy is too busy worrying about changing their minds, which isn't going to happen. We want accountability for the bigots, we want the assistance of other rationally-thinking people, and we want other short men to wake-up and know they have allies. People buy hook, line, and sinker into this foolish feel-gooder narrative, and fail to realize that making people uncomfortable for their beliefs is also an effective tactic. Just going around kissing everyone's ass by default just creates a comfort zone for them to keep continuing believing what they want. Being a fluff dandy is better than doing nothing at all, but here we are again policing the tone of people who address heightism instead of going after the heightists. This is just business as usual, and as long as we keep hijacking our own conversation, the blame will never lie where it needs to be. Not one person showed-up to discuss the hypocrisy of the idiot who was the subject of the post. Every comment condemned short men who address heightism. This is a sad narrative. |
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Post by Heightism Report on Mar 27, 2017 19:11:51 GMT
This whole fluff-dandy issue highlights why we need a few more vocal allies here. We need enough of a rhetorical force to counteract this feel-gooder narrative. Right now, we're dealing with a society that was indoctrinated as children with a narrative that they are majestic just for existing. This isn't their fault, it's the fault of the powers that be that sold them this narrative. So, before we can even address heightism, we have to cut through a layer of happy-go-lucky horseshit. We just need a few more vocal allies, and we can actually start to counteract this type of stuff.
The problem these feelgood fucktwits don't seem to comprehend is that these bigots were indoctrinated with the same feelgood fluff, so they're not going to get out of that head space without having their belief system rattled. Not only have they been indoctrinated with this type of "I am Wonderful" foolishness, but with many of these bigots being women, they also coast on the "lambasting men destroys patriarchy" feminist narrative. They think they're untouchable, so they need to be touched with the cold hand of reality.
Another thing the fluff dandies refuse to acknowledge is that we have to be the only marginalized group who don't applaud each other for bringing the heat to the people who hate us. Anyone can look at their FB feed on a daily basis and see screenshots of people being praised for "owning" some idiot who vocalizes some form of hatred, but our own so-called allies want us to walk around gingerly like a baby deer on ice. They're so caught up in this nonsense about how wonderful they are that they are going to change the world with their smile and their unicorn poems and they don't understand how effective it is to make the haters feel some heat for a change. I mean seriously, they had absolutely no desire to discuss the hypocrisy that was revealed by the post. I've never seen cowardice like I see on the anti-heightism front.
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Post by Heightism Report on Mar 27, 2017 19:15:54 GMT
And here's one more thing to take notice of. Isn't it funny how all of these cowards will advocate that we should kill these people with kindness, yet, not one of them will go to that girl's Twitter page and engage her in conversation. I've suggested before that a good-cop/bad-cop strategy could work with these idiots(there's a psychologically-proven reason that it works for cops) if we'd stop fighting each other in the process, but of course, I was shutdown by Garmins and fluff-dandies. They're just like heightists because they deprive us of all the tools of the trade, no matter how scientifically-proven they are.
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Post by Heightism Report on Mar 28, 2017 5:24:33 GMT
The who cares guy obviously needs a basic reading comprehension course because literally nowhere was I saying anything about her not wanting to date short men; The whole post pointed-out her hypocrisy in demanding respect and condemning judgment of others, while also proudly judging and condemning short men. The "derrrr gosh guys...be nice to them and they'll love you for it" fluff dandy is too busy worrying about changing their minds, which isn't going to happen. We want accountability for the bigots, we want the assistance of other rationally-thinking people, and we want other short men to wake-up and know they have allies. People buy hook, line, and sinker into this foolish feel-gooder narrative, and fail to realize that making people uncomfortable for their beliefs is also an effective tactic. Just going around kissing everyone's ass by default just creates a comfort zone for them to keep continuing believing what they want. Being a fluff dandy is better than doing nothing at all, but here we are again policing the tone of people who address heightism instead of going after the heightists. This is just business as usual, and as long as we keep hijacking our own conversation, the blame will never lie where it needs to be. Not one person showed-up to discuss the hypocrisy of the idiot who was the subject of the post. Every comment condemned short men who address heightism. This is a sad narrative. Our "friend" Mike5f4 had this to say: "I'm surprised this tumbler is still active. Are we sure the dates of these submissions are this year? I think they date back over three years." All he'd have to do was look at it to know when it was submitted. The "creme de la creme of reddit.com/r/short . . . The guy seriously doesn't have much going for him in the realm of intelligence, or life in general And here he is in a short and male thread saying that none of the "old guard" in the anti-heightism world have faced heightism because you're all middle class. https://www.reddit.com/r/short/comments/61sn45/sm_short_and_male_a_documentary_by_howard_goldberg/ It seems that he doesn't have many tools left in his toolbox that don't somehow evoke the fallacy of relative privation. Let's also not forget that he was part of that same group of people he's chastising as not having any real problems to deal with. |
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Post by HeightismAOS on Mar 28, 2017 12:41:55 GMT
I've also seen Mike claim that men these days are pickier and only find about 30% of women attractive. Out of his damn mind.
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