lol. Oh no. Don’t start- there will be a flood of 5’ tall guys who just left posting a meme or comment about how “male privilege” or “white privilege” aren’t real, coming here to scream at you because you are an exception and “tall privilege” is totally real and they experience it every day even if you’ve never seen or felt it.
Your opinions or feelings on the matter cannot be debated, so in that sense I certainly meant no personal offense to you in specific.
My statement is qualified in 2 places-
It applies only to men who are below 6’ tall AND who would both dismiss or deny the privilege inherent to other groups while advocating against the privileges that often come with height in society.
If ALL these factors are not met, that person is not included in any insult present in my statements.
Now, as to being rude I will generally accept my statement as rude considering it could fit the definition of rudeness both in grounds of personal offense or on grounds that it is arguably not social behavior- though I could also argue that it is social through the perlocutionary effect as it’s core intent.
But I don’t particularly care in this case if I was rude concerning men who whine about their heights while denying the struggles and biases others face. I hold no prejudice about men who are short,
not against men who are short and believe a bias exists against short men- It generally does. There is is no bias or insult either to men who advocate against that bias or even against men who whine about the bias- the statement very particularly singles out men below the height threshold held in the zeitgeist as the delimiter of privilege in male height, AND whine about it, AND refuse to acknowledge the struggles others face in lack of privileges. A group I do not particularly care if I might be rude to or not, because while our own actions reflect our character and are not excused by the perceived failings of others, I am not perfect and at times am rude, and am in general intolerant of intolerance and willful or stubborn ignorance.
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My statement is qualified in 2 places-
It applies only to men who are below 6’ tall AND who would both dismiss or deny the privilege inherent to other groups while advocating against the privileges that often come with height in society.
If ALL these factors are not met, that person is not included in any insult present in my statements.
Now, as to being rude I will generally accept my statement as rude considering it could fit the definition of rudeness both in grounds of personal offense or on grounds that it is arguably not social behavior- though I could also argue that it is social through the perlocutionary effect as it’s core intent.
But I don’t particularly care in this case if I was rude concerning men who whine about their heights while denying the struggles and biases others face. I hold no prejudice about men who are short,