I get it; you don’t like labels and try to come up with one of your own. That much is fine, so just make some damn sense when providing your own labels. A label is still a label, so saying a scientific classification is offensive is, well, offensive. If you’re under 4’10”, roughly 147cm, and your body is properly proportioned, then you’re a midget, plain and simple. If you’re short and your body isn’t properly proportioned, then you’re a dwarf and probably suffer from one or more of the couple hundred forms of dwarfism. It’s that simple, really. If you’re really, really short and from Africa, then you might be a pygmy. It’s not that hard to figure out.
I’ve heard dwarfs say the term midget is derogatory. On the contrary, it’s no different than calling someone a giant just because they’re tall, or maybe goliath if they’re big as well…
Nov 05 2009