"Tallerance" ...yes; "tolerance"...no

So, last month, the state of Utah had a hearing on a height and weight bill.   Of course, it was voted down 10-4.   They don't feel that short or overweight people are discriminated against apparently either or enough to require legal protection.  They even wanted "height" defined.  Well, anyone of any height can be discriminated against because of their stature but it is most likely to happen to those of us who are shorter or taller than average.  So, the fight for legal protection (which every other disparate group receives) continues.   Here is audio of the hearing early last month:

http://utahlegislature.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=3019;   the height portion begins at around 45:00 minutes into the audio.


So, what is "tallerance"  as opposed to "tolerance"?    Well, the latter applies to everyone (well it should) and the former is the way things really are, since people don't seem as accepting of shorter people, especially men.    Have a look at twitter and see all the hateful posts directed at short men.  Phrases such as "short men should die" to "short men should be stepped on" are very common when you enter the phrase "short men" or "short guys" into the search field.   Yes, all this coming from the same groups of people who would tell you that you are intolerant if you say the same about them.  Similar tweets disparaging gay, overweight or black people will get you (no doubt) labeled as a bigot, racist, or even a homophobe;  people have been terminated from their jobs and/or fined because of those offensive tweets but change the words to "I hate short people" and all is forgiven and acceptable.  That is "tallerance"!   It is widespread, on the tip of people's tongues and swimming in their heads.


Does anyone in the media vilify tall men when a dictator of normal to taller height kills many?   Of course not, because they worship tall men and those men are just individuals (you know Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and real nice guy Bashar Al-Assad of Syria; all tall men). However, Kim Jong Un is the typical dictator with "short man syndrome".  All of us short men are angry, little  wanna be dictators too apparently.   We are all napoleons, every single one of us...lol!    Of course, there are many (and by many I mean about a billion) of us short men who aren't dictators and definitely don't support Kim Jong Un or Mussolini or Stalin etc.

The other day, K.T. Mcfarlane described Un as a pipsqueak on America Live with Megyn Kelly,  I wonder if a male commented on the actions of a female leader he didn't agree with and referred to her as a "bitch" if that would be acceptable on air?  Anyone want to guess?  Of course not, that would be sexist no matter what heinous act that particular female had committed.  Short men are ripe for the picking aren't we?   Always acceptable to insult the short man huh K.T?

Now, the UK is adding people who are goth or punk to their protected class of people,  Someone was attacked (because they were goth) and killed, so now going after them is labeled a hate crime.  Yes, a new group to be added but when a short person is targeted (well anywhere) it is okay, even though we are attacked because we are hated too.  So, another group we have to be tolerant of, well "tallerant".

A poem about personal responsibility

Yourself To Blame
by Mayme White Miller
If things go bad for you
And make you a bit ashamed
Often you will find out that
You have yourself to blame
Swiftly we ran to mischief
And then the bad luck came
Why do we fault others?
We have ourselves to blame
Whatever happens to us,
Here is what we say
“Had it not been for so-and-so
Things wouldn’t have gone that way.”
And if you are short of friends,
I’ll tell you what to do
Make an examination,
You’ll find the faults in you…Your the captain of your ship,
So agree with the same
If you travel downward
You have yourself to blame

Unlike the transgendered, short people still look for protection from discrimination in Massachusetts and beyond.

So today, I ran across this article from AOL Jobs, written by Donna Ballman (en employment lawyer) about how there are still legal ways you can be fired based on your appearance.  Believe it or not, you can be fired for being: too attractive, too thin, too fat (unless you are overweight enough to qualify for a disability), too ugly,  too young, improper attire and being too short (although if you are let go for being too short as a female it could fall under the heading of disparate impact, since females are protected under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act).   This never ceases to amaze me, how some groups get protection, while others are still treated unfairly and no recourse is offered.   Here is what Ms. Ballman had to say about short people's plight in the workplace:

Like attractive folks, tall people tend to make more money than short people. Minimum height requirements may have a disparate impact on women, so employers must be very careful in imposing height requirements. If your company tends to equally prefer taller men and women over shorter ones, you may be out of luck. If you're lucky enough to live in Michigan, or the cities of Santa Cruz, Binghamton or San Francisco height discrimination is expressly illegal there. Massachusetts has a similar bill pending in the legislature right now.

The bill in Massachusetts she is referring to is H1758:   http://www.malegislature.gov/Bills/188/House/H1758


Now, the state of Massachusetts has been trying (well Byron Rushing anyway), to get legislation passed to protect the short and overweight for at least ten years.  This bill hardly gets much support obviously from his colleagues there in the liberal, tolerant (or should I say "Tall" erant; meaning tolerance doesn't apply to short people) state of Massachusetts.

Yet, this same state passed a law in 2011 to ban discrimination against people based on them being transgendered or on their gender identity.  Now, even students have to share a bathroom with students of the opposite sex because they identify themselves as being female if they are male or vice versa.  So a male student can walk into a girl's bathroom at school saying that he is really a girl and if the girl objects to his presence, she can face punishment.  So, the Massachusetts Department of Education passes this directive on.  

But apparently, this same state thinks that passing a law to ban height discrimination is more ridiculous than allowing a male into a girls bathroom.   Massachusetts, you're ridiculous!

Two different heights: Two different outcomes

This past week, I am sure many have been inundated with these images of the ex-cop in Los Angeles who went on a killing spree but how many of you are aware that we had someone awarded the Medal of Honor also this past week?

Well, a staff sergeant by the name of Clinton Romesha was given this prestigious and rare award  for his bravery and courage back in 2009 in Afghanistan.  Yes, this man was a hero!  A true one!  Not one who  was glorified because he went on a killing spree in southern California in retaliation for being wronged by the LAPD and taking out innocent people.  If being wronged is justification for going on a violent murder spree, this country will be plunged into a war zone; lawlessness will be the order of the day.   There are many that have been placed in more adverse and unfair circumstances than this ex-cop.   Clinton Romesha was definitely in an adverse situation when he and his fifty fellow soldiers were faced with taking on over thee hundred Taliban members who were surrounding them.  Facing gunfire, grenades and who knows what else, he was able to survive along with some of his battalion;  he was injured after shrapnel was embedded in his body  and still decided that he wasn't going to leave his comrades behind to be killed.    He got them out of there!

All this coming from a man who had been described as "intense, short and wiry."  It is obvious when you take a look at Mr Romesha that he stands at about 5'6" or 5'7".  Not what a heightist, prejudice society would envision as a hero, much less a Medal of Honor recipient.   Yet, they would rather imagine a man of say 6'0"  and above, weighing 270 being the hero.  Well, that was the build of this ex-cop who has since expired.  And, sadly, we see who the media wants to portray as heroic.   No surprise here!

This is Staff Sergeant Romesha receiving his Medal of Honor!!

Of course there is heightism

This recent article is just stating the truth!  Too bad people are dismissive of this issue, as displayed in the comments.

http://www.thecord.ca/?p=14923

If you have the right to do something, does that mean you should do it?

Recently, The Journal News, a newspaper based out of Westchester (Putnam County) in New York, decided that it would publish the names of gun owners in its area.  Yes, they have a legal right to know who is legally carrying a firearm.  However, just because someone has the right to do something, does that mean they should do it?  Of course not!  Now, anyone can go and harass someone at their homes if they don't like them carrying a weapon.  Not only that, it makes targets of homes and their residents of people who don't have protection.  If people want to know who is carrying, I am sure there is a website they can access to find out the information.  A newspaper doesn't need to publish the personal information of these law abiding citizens.  Last time I checked, there are still incidents of identity theft in this country.   

Publishing someone's name and address, after they legally registered their firearm, will probably now deter people from doing just that!   I am guessing that the people who work at The Journal News don't carry weapons and, if they do, perhaps they aren't registered.

Not ashamed of my height, are you?

Here is a post from twitter the other day:

QUEEEN.‏@ChynaSafriah_

Lol this nigga got in his instagram bio '5'5 like that's something a grown man should be advertising 😔

So this woman, like so many others, thinks a short man should be ashamed of his height.  I guess they still don't have enough brains to realize that height is out of our control and that they probably shouldn't be judging people on their appearances when they don't want to be judged on theirs. 

So...I am going to advertise it!!!