I'm suddenly reminded of an old sci-fi/horror novel:
Posted on 07/14/2015 9:51:23 AM PDT by smokingfrog
The Midgets are under attack.
Freeburg High School, in the Metro East area of St. Louis, was approached last week by members of the Little People of America and asked to change their nickname. The athletic teams at Freeburg have been known as the Midgets since the 1930s.
The Little People were in the area for their convention in St. Louis and made a trip to Freeburg to let school officials that they were offended by the school's nickname.
The Little People of America posted a petition on change.org asking that Freeburg change its mascot.
"The term ‘midge' dehumanizes and objectifies people of short stature," the petition reads.
Gary Arnold, president of the Little People of America, told the Belleville News-Democrat that the nickname is "derogatory, objectifying and dehumanizing."
The folks in nearby Unionville, Mo., better be thankful that the group didn't hold its national convention in nearby Kirksville. Putnam County High School also is called the Midgets.
You'll also find Midgets in Dickinson, N.D., which in the mid 1990s was given the blessing of the Little People of America to keep the nickname.
The Little People of America must have changed their view on the midget mascot, and the people of Freeburg are in the cross hairs. Freeburg Superintendent Andrew Lehman said he will leave the issue up to the school board, which could address the issue this week at its monthly meeting.
"I appreciate their concern," Lehman told the News-Democrat. "I know the idea of something being offensive is a subjective concept. Things that are offensive to one group may not be offensive to other people."
(Excerpt) Read more at whig.com ...
Stanford University: team name is the cardinal for the shade of red. Mascot is a tree
I'm suddenly reminded of an old sci-fi/horror novel:
Change it to “Dwarfs”.
Lol!
They’re not the only H.S. with the Midgets name...
It’s now being pointed out that the French Monarchy supported slavery and the Fleur De Lis is therefore a racist symbol and the New Orleans Saints need to do away with the Fleur De Lis.
Interesting you point that out because someone mentioned the Saints getting railed like the Redskins are. Now I know why.
Thanks.
People need to get over themselves.
Would "the pansy @sses" be PC enough? Hey, a rose by any other name.
Speaking of the Dodgers, I was only ten but the news of their first game in Los Angeles was bigger than the Russians launching Sputnik.
At the time, the late great Fred Allen announced he had quit smoking & took up chewing instead, since as he put it, “You might fall asleep in bed while smoking and die in a fire. With chewing, the worst thing that can happen is you might drown a midget.”
(sorry)
There is a Sirius/XM radio show on Ozzys Boneyard called “Jim Florentine’s Metal Midgets” I wonder if they are boycotting him?
Left handed people.
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When my youngest son came home from his first day of kindergarten, he told me that he needed a pair of left handed scissors. I thought someone was trying to pull the old “left handed monkey wrench” trick on us. Then I found out there really is such a thing. Then I tried to use a pair of our scissors with my left hand and they wouldn’t work.
wait until they go after the midget racers
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