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Little People Want 'Midget' Banned on TV

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NEW YORK (July 5) - Little people are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to ban the use of the word "midget" on broadcast TV.
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The group Little People of America said Sunday the word is just as offensive as racial slurs.
The request was prompted by an April episode of NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice" that the group said was demeaning.
In the episode, contestants created a detergent ad called "Jesse James and the Midgets." The contestants, including Joan Rivers, suggested bathing little people in the detergent and hanging them to dry.
Calls to the FCC and "Celebrity Apprentice" host Donald Trump were not immediately answered Sunday. NBC Universal representatives didn't immediately respond to e-mail messages, and the telephone rang unanswered at their Los Angeles office.
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2009-07-05 23:23:29
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crashtexan

04:42 PMJul 07 2009

FREEDOM OF SPEECH>>>>>GET OVER IT PEOPLE CAN CALL YOU WHATEVER THEY WANT TO CALL YOU AND THERE ARE ALOT WORSE THINGS TO BE CALLED THAN MIDGET

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Vcrozas

04:42 PMJul 07 2009

Mareslaig 04:36 PMJul 07 2009 Okay, so if they dont want us using the word MIDGET, then wtf else word do we use? Munchkin? Little, small or short guys? Dwarfs?Use Pygmy, pint size, shorty, stature challenged....

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KPBrott

04:41 PMJul 07 2009

There are people who will find a way to be offended even if one doesn't actually exist. The fact of the matter is that someone is making a living by administering the "Little People of America" and they are justifying their position with actions like this. Doesn't joing or contributing to a group like this differentiate you from general society just as much as a label like midget or dwarf? There's a lawyer here in Houston who is one of the most respected attorneys in the legal community, and he never let his dwarfism get in his way. He's not worried about labels. He just takes care of business. Somehow, I don't think he's contributing to the "Little People of America".

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DWKcrowhill

04:40 PMJul 07 2009

These activist midgets are out of their little heads.

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Tmyqtbug2

04:40 PMJul 07 2009

They should be happy people arn't playing the song Short People anymoreI could see that pissing them off a 'little' bit

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Shabbychicgirl7

04:40 PMJul 07 2009

my gosh seriously?? can you get offended by more important things..everyone is called names. ignore it. and get over it already...............

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thebutcher1951

04:40 PMJul 07 2009

They're at the perfect height to KISS MY A**

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WakeupUSA

04:39 PMJul 07 2009

Oh for Christ's sake, let's just all commit suicide so nobody is offended. What a f---ing mess this society has become. I'm gonna say ANY damn thing I please. If you or anybody out there doesn't like it, just go to hell. There I said it !!! Damn !!!

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tanya1337pants

04:38 PMJul 07 2009

Yep because "little people" is so much better, get the hell over it, you wanted attention well now youre getting it. We may as well get rid of every other descriptive word that might touch people in a bad spot. Damn, get over yourselves.

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DonS1016

04:37 PMJul 07 2009

Ancient Chinese wisdom says "Crowded elevator smell very different to midget."

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