I have a phobia of dwarves, i dont wish any harm on anyone, but I think i must have seen something as a kid that scared me, maybe the wizard of oz.
Please dont delete this Yahoo - im serious and i dont mean to offend anyone......
2006-11-28 05:19:41 · 29 answers · asked by Helen 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
No, you'd be a small-ot.
Sorry! I couldn't help it. But no, you are not a bigot, one of my sister's friends has a fear of dwarves as well. I'm sure there's someone somewhere who has a phobia of tall 20-something girls.
2006-11-28 05:29:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
no. there is a clear distinction between being a bigot and having a fear or phobia of some sort. a bigot is someone who dislikes a person because they are black, white, asian, disabled, gay, lesbian etc. being in fear of dwarfs is a totally different thing altogether. its not offensive, its just something that you have trouble dealing with, through no fault or control of your own.
besides, dwarves are just like you and me, human beings but shorter when it comes to height.
you didn't offend me. if you want to conquer your fear, then go, see and talk to a specialist who deals with phobia issues. perhaps a psychiatrist or a councillor and tell him or her about these fears that you have towards dwarfs and they'd be able to help and assist you further on what steps you should take afterwards.
2006-11-28 17:05:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A phobia is totally different than being a bigot. A bigot is someone who hates a certain sect of people and discriminates against them. As long as your fear doesn't cause you to say rude things or cut dwarves off from the same rights and niceties you would accord anyone else, I would say you are not a bigot.
2006-11-28 13:27:57 · answer #3 · answered by Bethe W 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Having a phobia is not the same as being bigoted. Having a phobia is something you can't control, without therapy. Being bigoted is an active dislike which is likely to lead you to commit aggressive acts against a certain group of humans. Like soldiers, or racists or bigots. (My personal choice!).
2006-11-28 13:25:32 · answer #4 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
My advice is don't go down that yellow brick road. Avoid Snow White, the pantomime. And don,t go in the Tap and Spile near to Christmas they tend to congregate there when appearing at The Grand Theatre. Oh and never look inside R2D2. Then again , I might be confused, because I know there is a difference between dwarfs and midgets. I just don't know what the difference is. Either way I think that you should avoid both.
2006-11-28 14:39:51 · answer #5 · answered by Pocket Battleship 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, I don't think you're a bigot. You sound too sensitive.
You appear to just have a phobia as you as in your explanation.
Don't worry about the bigot thing.
2006-11-28 13:30:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are only a bigot if you see them as less than others . I don't think you are a bigot ,I do think you have a strange phobia though . I don't recall the scientific name for it but , although uncommon , you're not the only one .
2006-11-28 13:31:33 · answer #7 · answered by Ray H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My phobia is spiders and I hope people don't think Bad. All we can do is iif we are around this that we act as normal as possible after all have you ever met a little person before I have not.
2006-11-28 13:29:34 · answer #8 · answered by Nani 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can't help a phobia. That doesn't excuse you from treating everyone with respect. If you think people with a particular disability are not due respect, you are a bigot.
2006-11-28 13:25:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
You are not.l used to have a phobia of albinos until l got to sit next to one in my class at school it was not easy at first but l eventual got over it.
2006-11-28 13:28:32 · answer #10 · answered by TheMan 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋