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Old 09-30-2012, 10:00 PM
 
Location: Lehighton/Jim Thorpe area
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Originally Posted by Walter002 View Post
You

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You obviously feel uncomfortable being called a Bigot, but the stereotype respresents a bigoted view. Just let it flow, you are a height bigot. Lots of people are, but don't like to own up to it.
I wrote it at least twice, and why would I date someone I was bigoted against? That's absurd.

This has to be one of the dumbest arguments I've ever had. It's a good thing I'm bored right now.
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Old 09-30-2012, 10:00 PM
 
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I'd prefer to be treated like a normal person instead of being called a tranny or drag queen.

Guess that's too much to ask.

Luckily, since I don't give a crap anymore I can dress however I want and that includes wearing the tallest heels I own and telling people to F-off if they tell me I shouldn't.
Jet, screw the people who put you down and say mean things and just be who you want to be. God made you perfect the way you are. Screw those who say different.
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Old 09-30-2012, 10:00 PM
 
Location: Up in the air
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Originally Posted by Walter002 View Post
You

Didn't

Say

That.

You

Said

He

Was

Insecure

Which

Meant

You

Assumed

It.


You obviously feel uncomfortable being called a Bigot, but the stereotype respresents a bigoted view. Just let it flow, you are a height bigot. Lots of people are, but don't like to own up to it.

I've met plenty of guys that have publicly humiliated me, called me names and more because I was taller than they are. Does that make them a height bigot?

In that case, nearly everyone is a height bigot because I doubt there's a single person alive who hasn't made a comment about someone's height.
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Old 09-30-2012, 10:01 PM
 
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I wrote it at least twice, and why would I date someone I was bigoted against? That's absurd.

This has to be one of the dumbest arguments I've ever had. It's a good thing I'm bored right now.
It isn't a dumb argument because people do it all of the time! (date outside of their preference zone, or date people in a group they hold stereotypical views about).

Some people do, some people don't
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Old 09-30-2012, 10:02 PM
 
Location: Up in the air
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Jet, screw the people who put you down and say mean things and just be who you want to be. God made you perfect the way you are. Screw those who say different.
No, I'm pretty messed up physically. I just don't care anymore. Let them publicly humiliate me, it's not my problem anymore.
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Old 09-30-2012, 10:02 PM
 
Location: Lehighton/Jim Thorpe area
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I've met plenty of guys that have publicly humiliated me, called me names and more because I was taller than they are. Does that make them a height bigot?

In that case, nearly everyone is a height bigot because I doubt there's a single person alive who hasn't made a comment about someone's height.
Apparently to some people, heightism is as serious as calling black women angry.
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Old 09-30-2012, 10:04 PM
 
Location: Up in the air
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Apparently to some people, heightism is as serious as calling black women angry.
Apparently it's okay to call women trannies, drag queens, jolly green giants, giants, huge, big etc. and it's supposed to be 'good natured fun'.

Well, it's not. And if you call them out on it they tell you to calm down and quit taking things so seriously and then YOU'RE the bad guy.
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Old 09-30-2012, 10:04 PM
 
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I've met plenty of guys that have publicly humiliated me, called me names and more because I was taller than they are. Does that make them a height bigot?

In that case, nearly everyone is a height bigot because I doubt there's a single person alive who hasn't made a comment about someone's height.
There is a DIFFERENCE between making a comment about someone's height, and using derogatory terms to reference it or throw stereotypes in their face.

Big difference between me saying "Wow Jet, you're tall" and me saying "You're over 6 feet, you must be a tranny, all tall women must be trannies and are masculine", or saying "She has an Osama Bin Laden complex" because she's insecure about her tall height.

If you were a jerk, then you're a jerk. Your height has nothing to do with it.
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Old 09-30-2012, 10:04 PM
 
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No, I'm pretty messed up physically. I just don't care anymore. Let them publicly humiliate me, it's not my problem anymore.
I really think you should take up throat-punching as a hobby. It would be therapeutic.
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Old 09-30-2012, 10:05 PM
 
Location: Lehighton/Jim Thorpe area
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It isn't a dumb argument because people do it all of the time! (date outside of their preference zone, or date people in a group they hold stereotypical views about).

Some people do, some people don't

It is a dumb argument. I don't date people to whom I'm not attracted. I had no problem with his height. He did, and his insecurities caused him to act like a douche.
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