FAO Vetran: woke gems

[d000hg]

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.

[Paralytic]

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.

[vetran]

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.

[SueEllen]

Isn't "mini" an insult as well?

For example "You are my mini-me", "Aren't you mini?"....

[WTFH]

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.

[d000hg]

I'm mounting a campaign to ban Giant Chocolate Buttons.

[vetran]

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.

[Whorty]

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 ...

[Eirikur]

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)

[Zigenare]

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?