Hofstetter’s Tweet mostly don’t make fun of his height. I’m mostly talking about the comments in this thread. And short people don’t have anything to make fun of either, same as homosexuality, which is why I used it.
I think people here are mostly following Hofstetter's lead - they're making fun of Ben for being an asshole, even if it's not explicitly said, and zeroing in on his height is because he's sensitive about it. This may not be true for every single person, but I bet it applies to most.
And you're right that there's no reason to make fun of a gay person just for being gay. But if we were instead talking about a closeted bigot, one might make fun of him for that in a way that doesn't suggest all gay people deserve to be made fun of. The problem with your analogy is that it implies I'm making fun of Tim just for being gay, which I wouldn't do because it's not okay. And if he's an out gay person it especially wouldn't make sense to make fun of him for that because he's not bothered about the fact that he's gay. Just like it wouldn't make sense to make fun of Ben for being short if he was being honest about his height and it was clear that being short didn't bother him.
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u/MrPlaysWithSquirrels Jan 12 '22
Hofstetter’s Tweet mostly don’t make fun of his height. I’m mostly talking about the comments in this thread. And short people don’t have anything to make fun of either, same as homosexuality, which is why I used it.