Little people and dwarfs are acceptable. Midgets, "nombs" or other fantasy names are not like or accepted.
Hey, grandpa, didn't you used to call cars "horseless carriages" 35 years ago too!? Sorry, bobrek, just funnin' with ya'. Couldn't resist. Actually, considering "negro" and "colored" were still accepted terms for black people in the mid 60's, it is no surprise that "midget" is no longer an accepted word for little people. Stevie: Thanks for sharing that info with us. It takes all kinds to make up this board.
Is that a fair analogy? Since midgets do exist, it would seem more like calling all Asians "Chinese". The "N-word" is almost always used with malicious intent. With "midget" I think that's usually a case of non-malicious ignorance. They're not trying to insult you, they just don't know the proper terminology. Have you read Maybe the Moon by Armistead Maupin? It's a very good novel about a dwarf actress and is inspired by the late Tamara De Treaux. She was the person inside the E.T. costume.
I see where you are coming from but the word is still degrading. The word is not accepted amongst dwarfs because it offends them. In honesty it makes a dwarf feel smaller to others than they really are. I personally don't have a problem with the word unless I ask a person to not use it again and they do.
