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Re: New DirecTV commercial makes fun of short men ("Petite Randy Moss")

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Originally posted by ThatFlyShortGuy

Wake up everyone. This isn't a bunch of college kids playing pranks to impress their little sorority girlfriends, this is the American corporate engine at work. A bunch of adult men and women in their marketing came up with and actually greenlighted this campaign. This is a prime example of how heightism is a systemic prejudice rooted deep in society. The fact that adult professionals could come p with a such an ad is a disgrace.

The more disappointing part is that the vast majority of you reading this and watching this ad will do absolutely nothing about it and they know this. We're the easiest group to pick on because they know there will be little to no backlash.

What's even worse is the Garmin who elected to take on that role. The ultimate sell-out.

I can't speak for you but I am going to do something about it. I will contact my marketing friend in New York who has a lot of pull, write a letter and make a few phone calls to DirecTV and convince others to terminate their subscriptions. I encourage you all to take action and let DirecTV know that this is completely unacceptable.

Nope. I'm cancelling my subscription with them. AT&T owns directv, so I'll be in contact with them also.

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Re: New DirecTV commercial makes fun of short men ("Petite Randy Moss")

Body shaming (height shaming) at its finest. They would never get with doing this to fat people, minorities or any other group. It's always short men who get *bleep* on in ads. Remember the free credit report ad from a few years ago with the bald fat short guy? This ad is appalling.

I actually have DirecTV, but am cancelling my subscription today and will write them a very strong letter to boot.

Heightism

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Re: Who is the sexiest short woman alive? Thread Starter

I'll let you guys make the choice in this poll. When we say short, we mean really short for a woman, not 5'3 which is average, but 5'2 and shorter.

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Re: How far does heightism go back?

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Originally posted by Dark Willow

When did people start saying tall men are better?

I would say since anyone was able to tell that one guy was taller than another guy. I do know that the British tried to say Napoleon was way shorter than average so they could make fun of him and amp their military men up.

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