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    FAO Vetran: woke gems

    Originally posted by BBC News
    Marks & Spencer has changed the name of its Midget Gems sweets to avoid offending people with dwarfism after a campaign by a Liverpool academic.

    Dr Erin Pritchard, a lecturer in disability studies at Liverpool Hope University, argued the word midget was a form of hate speech.

    M&S has now rebranded the popular gelatine treats as Mini Gems.
    Vetran and WTFH off you go.
    Originally posted by MaryPoppins
    I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
    Originally posted by vetran
    Urine is quite nourishing

    #2
    Disappointed they've not been rebranded them Little People Gems, which would allow them to be both woke, and stick two fingers up to the absurdity of it, at the same time.

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      #3
      Thats the problem with ignorance and prejudice its available everywhere.

      https://www.merriam-webster.com/dict...20small%20size

      Definition of midget

      1: something (such as an animal) much smaller than usual
      2sometimes offensive : a very small person and especially one of unusually small size
      3: a front-engine, single-seat, open-wheel racing car smaller and of less engine displacement than standard cars of the type
      well now he has had his 15 minutes of stupidity.
      Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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        #4
        Isn't "mini" an insult as well?

        For example "You are my mini-me", "Aren't you mini?"....
        "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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          #5
          A lot of midgets tend to kill themselves. A disproportionate amount, actually.
          Hervé Villechaize off of Fantasy Island. I think somebody from the Time Bandits did.
          …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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            #6
            I'm mounting a campaign to ban Giant Chocolate Buttons.
            Originally posted by MaryPoppins
            I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
            Originally posted by vetran
            Urine is quite nourishing

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              #7
              Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
              Isn't "mini" an insult as well?

              For example "You are my mini-me", "Aren't you mini?"....
              you can use sod as an insult but it is used for a clump of grass with soil attached.
              Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                #8
                Originally posted by vetran View Post

                you can use sod as an insult but it is used for a clump of grass with soil attached.
                Oy, clump-of-grass-with-soil-attached off ...
                I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter man

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                  #9
                  Germany renamed negro kisses into chocolate kisses a few years ago: https://www.dw.com/en/meghan-markle-...ost/a-43887622
                  (link to the article which also has Meghan in it to make Vetran's blood boil)

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by WTFH View Post
                    A lot of midgets tend to kill themselves. A disproportionate amount, actually.
                    Hervé Villechaize off of Fantasy Island. I think somebody from the Time Bandits did.
                    Have you turned septic?
                    Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.

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