A group of midgets has decided they want the word "midget" banned from public airwaves. They find the word offensive. Problem? I don’t see one, so now what?

To be a group that suddenly decides a word is offensive makes that group more important than everyone else, and more important than free speech. Because I am such an advocate for the death of political correctness, it is my duty to expose this foolishness.

We need a consensus from now on, where we as a democratic society get to vote on whether a word is offensive or not. If the majority of the people don’t think so, then that becomes law. I realize that there are offensive words. The word “nigger,” for one, has been eliminated from even use in discussion of the word on TV. If I am not mistaken the first time I heard the word called “the 'N' word” was by Johnnie Cochran at the O J Simpson trial.

That word, by the way, didn’t start out offensive either. It was a slang term referring to Africans on American soil. There were many from the south who knew no other term and even used it in normal conversation. The problem came into existence when slaves were emancipated and consequently expected, rightfully so, the full protection of the Constitution and the laws of the land. Because there was such difficulty assimilating amongst the whites who considered African-Americans less human than themselves, the term “nigger” went from descriptive to demeaning.

That word has been eliminated from TV programs now. Ironically I once saw a show in which the word “nigger” was bleeped out but the name “Jesus Christ” taken in vain and "goddammit" were not. Offending a race in America is sin and forbidden. Offending the judge of sin is not.

As far as the word "midget" goes, I know no one in my 40-plus years on Earth who has ever considered the word offensive at all. What is most important, by the way, is the actual meaning of the word. In other words, if a midget said, "I find that word offensive," and I say, "I find it descriptive of someone who is disproportionally small in stature compared to the norm but having all appendages in proportion to their height," then what is the problem? As a matter of fact Websters dictionary describes a "midget" as “one perfect of form and normal in function but like a tiny replica of the ordinary species.” It defines the word as a compliment.

Is it possible that you have actually created a notorious word where one did not previously exist? Are there no guidelines or absolutes we can all refer to, in order to not be further restricted in speech in our society?

What if I was offended because you called me a man? Since man has always been used as a prefix to humanity as a whole (as in MAN-kind) couldn’t we declare it sexist and elitist? Though we couldn’t use the word "woman" anymore, as it contains the word "man," thus proving our theory correct. Not to mention all the trans-gender humans, (oops, there’s that evil word again) who really believe any reference to a specific gender is exclusionary and outmoded ... and therefore offensive.

As much as I wish that this were a humorous exercise, sadly it is not. This is exactly what is happening daily thanks to liberal, i.e. postmodern, thought in America. So I for one will do what I can, while I can, to keep free speech alive. And I welcome as many freethinking midgets as possible to join my cause.