THESE are "Little People":
Posted on 08/21/2015 5:49:24 PM PDT by Steelfish
Feds Stop Calling ‘Midget Raisins’ ‘Midget Raisins’ Because ‘Midget’ Is Offensive
by KATHERINE TIMPF August 21, 2015
This is very important. The United States Food and Drug Administration issued a regulation on Thursday ending the use of the word “midget” to describe raisins because the word “midget” is offensive to short people. The Agricultural Marketing Service’s proposed rule would eliminate all five instances of the word from the U.S. “Standards for Grades of Processed Raisins” — where it’s been used to describe the different sizes of California raisins for quite some time — and replace them with the word “small” instead, according to an article in the Washington Free Beacon. The request is in response to a complaint from the short-stature advocacy group Little People of America. “On May 13, 2013, AMS received a petition from the Little People of America stating that they ‘are trying to raise awareness around and eliminate the use of the word midget,’” the USDA said, according to the Free Beacon.
“The petition further stated that, ‘Though the use of the word midget by the USDA when classifying certain food products is benign, Little People of America, and the dwarfism community, hopes that the USDA would consider phasing out the term midget,” it continued.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
What are they going to do about Extra Virgin Olive Oil?
I find Fed. Gov’t to be offensive.
Guess Midget sprint cars are going to take a hit too.
When will this sh*t stop? Or better, when will the majority of US citizens say, “No Mas!”!!
What does Robert Reich think about this? Here’s a situation where Reich can give knowledgable opinion.
Are they also going to stop calling those small bugs know as midges from which we get the word midget midges because they are five sixths offensive.
Anyone who has been in a swarm of midges knows that every one of them is 100 percent offensive so perhaps the word midget is 120 percent offensive.
Yeah, but Reich would just make a little fuss about it.
Midget pickles.........
Pygmie raisins
But it would be highly entertaining to watch that angry midget fuss and stomp his feet.
What about Sweet Midget Pickles....oooh we’re doomed0!
We can’t use Baby Carrots because it’s too much like Anchor Babies...We can’t call it Iceberg Lettuce because of Global Warming sensitivity, and we’re killing the Polar Bears....
What a bunch of maroons!
So I guess I can’t call Obama Midget Dick anymore, how about dwarf dick
Donald Trump: ‘I Go Out Of My Way To Use The Word Midget’
LOL! It sure would, especially the foot stomping.
“The United States Food and Drug Administration issued a regulation on Thursday ending the use of the word “midget”
FU bunch of parasitic, leeching, mental MIDGETS!
From 2013:
Food company renames ‘midget’ Kosher dill pickles after online campaign by Rhode Island mom of girl born with dwarfism
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/food-drop-midget-product-names-article-1.1269698
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.