When I was younger, calling a low-to-the-ground person a "midget" was not an offensive slur; it is simply what we called them. The essence of a slur is not the word that is used but the intent behind the word. The essence of political correctness is to act offended about something and insist that the rest of the world change to accommodate your sensitivities and, when you have successfully accomplished that task, you have increased your apparent power. The "offense taken" is just a ploy for power gain.

It's not at all offensive. In fact, they love to be abused by tall people, though most aren't keen on being picked up and tossed.

I think yes, you can just say that they are short. However, if you are joking with a friend and call him/her a midget (I do this to my 5' friend and we just start to laugh 😂✌) and he/she isn't offended, then it's not offensive. 😄

Yes, name calling is just isn't nice. This is why even if it's a close one, you should ask them if your jokes or whatever is offending them or making them feel uneasy.

Yes I think it is... Although I'm not sure if tall people get offended when we call them giants? I don't know, I'm in the middle so I don't have to worry about it lol :p

I would certainly hope someone never called a person with dwarfism, midget. It's so crass and outdated.

No I don't. It's just another name. It's the word I grew up using for them as that's what everyone else around me called them.

Call my little friends midgets and you'd get slapped so fast 😂😂

Who cares, wut they gonna do about it? hahahahahahahahaa

Yes it is. Because many shorties are often insecure about their height and then people call them midgets and then they become depressed.

More offensive to call them "little people" I'd say..

I think it probably is unless you know them really well and know they don't care

Midgets is what they called the little people in circuses. So now it's an offensive term.

Probably. Guess it depends on the person, but it seems people will do it anyways.

The question should be "is it cordial to call people 'midgets'?"

No. But all those little shit kids r midgets xD I don't really call them little people either.

Is it offensive to call little people 'midgets'?

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When I was younger, calling a low-to-the-ground person a "midget" was not an offensive slur; it is simply what we called them. The essence of a slur is not the word that is used but the intent behind the word.

The essence of political correctness is to act offended about something and insist that the rest of the world change to accommodate your sensitivities and, when you have successfully accomplished that task, you have increased your apparent power. The "offense taken" is just a ploy for power gain.

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It's not at all offensive. In fact, they love to be abused by tall people, though most aren't keen on being picked up and tossed.

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I think yes, you can just say that they are short.
However, if you are joking with a friend and call him/her a midget (I do this to my 5' friend and we just start to laugh 😂✌) and he/she isn't offended, then it's not offensive. 😄

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Yes, name calling is just isn't nice.

This is why even if it's a close one, you should ask them if your jokes or whatever is offending them or making them feel uneasy.

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  Well how do you know whats name calling and what isn't?
  
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- Yellow_
  
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  Nicknames
  
  "Shorty, fattu, romeo, boogy, chubsy,"
  
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- Toad-1
  
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  a little person wouldn't be offended by any of that huh?
  
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- Yellow_
  
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  I meant nicknames are name calling.
  
  Some may sound not harmful at all but we are not inside the perspn's head so we can't tell for sure if they will be offended by it or not.
  
  So it's best to ask them.
  
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Yes I think it is... Although I'm not sure if tall people get offended when we call them giants? I don't know, I'm in the middle so I don't have to worry about it lol :p

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I would certainly hope someone never called a person with dwarfism, midget. It's so crass and outdated.

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No I don't. It's just another name. It's the word I grew up using for them as that's what everyone else around me called them.

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Call my little friends midgets and you'd get slapped so fast 😂😂

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Who cares, wut they gonna do about it? hahahahahahahahaa

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Yes it is. Because many shorties are often insecure about their height and then people call them midgets and then they become depressed.

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More offensive to call them "little people" I'd say..

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  What else do you call them? Dwarfs? Lol
  
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  I literally have no idea.. I don't it matters much though, Tyrion Lannister made dwarfs hot af
  
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I think it probably is unless you know them really well and know they don't care

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Midgets is what they called the little people in circuses. So now it's an offensive term.

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Probably. Guess it depends on the person, but it seems people will do it anyways.

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The question should be "is it cordial to call people 'midgets'?"

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No. But all those little shit kids r midgets xD

I don't really call them little people either.

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I just call them something they can live with like Mr. Big or something.

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What the hell are you talking about you fucking midget

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I would call a short guy little man
A short girl fun size

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Yes they never liked that term , only little people is acceptable

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My dad and I call little kids midgets.

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it is indeed insulting to most. IDGAF though

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It is but I like the word.

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If you're PC you don't do that.

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I don't know ask a midget

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Probably, but I still say it.

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I wouldn't call them that, I'd feel offended

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@tony72722 manlets, when will they learn

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  Not midgets.. super manlets.
  
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Well yeah..

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I think it is!

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No. It is not.

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