Abhorrent comments made about a persons height

[DistinguishedSocialCommentator]

Calling someone who is below the average height, "pint-sized" is abhorrent
at the very least. A person's height is beyond the person's control and calling them "pint-sized," some may even say it's an ableist comment

Yesterday, during the PMQ's the lead was taken by the deputy heads of both Tories and Labour. Standing in for the Labour leader was Angela Rayner. She called the Tory leader, Rishi Sunak a "pint-sized leader" when she was losing the arugument

This reminds me of clowns at work who had nicknames for other people who did not fit in with their agenda. Often people will make disparaging comments about another when they feel threatened because of their own inadequacies.
Should she apologise for making these disgusting comments?

AIBU to believe these comments were necessary, inappropriate and disgustingly abhorrent.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/angela-rayner-oliver-dowden-house-of-commons-rishi-sunak-labour-b2533966.html

There is no envy in my post about Rishis background. I don't envy him or his background. I don't even dislike him
I was pointing out the facts . Angela Rayner has worked hard to get where she is. You were the first to mention about him and his parents working hard. Well she and her family have worked just as hard as without the education or wealth he had
. It is also true that she has suffered terrible abuse from her opponents. She was even criticised for crossing her legs! Quoting an ex Tory Ministers description of the prime minister is not really on the the same level as the abuse she gets.
I don't understand your point though.

Rishi Sunak also name calls too. He said Keir Starmer was overweight!

I was thinking maybe the Royal Family but who knows with this berk?

Quality debate on here. School holidays already?

I think many teenagers are much better informed than the OP.

Oh grow up.

Plus they made personal comments about her genital region and she just laughed it off.

Did your hero Rishi accidentally attend those illegal parties that he broke the law at because he was too short to be able to see how many people were at them, and therefore we should feel sorry for him?

But Angela is right. 🙁

Also @DistinguishedSocialCommentator Have you taken steps to become an MP yet? You clearly know more about politics and how to run the country than most other people - including most MPs.

I look forward to seeing you at my door, asking me to vote for you, and explaining why I should.

Where did you get I agreed with her? It's a very rude remark, not mild, and while not hers originally, she did herself no favours by repeating it. Imagine the outrage if she had called someone fat?

You mean like Johnson called Starmer? Of course it’s mild.

And to be fair you don’t know who I go to the pub with.
I would put all politicians in the same group and hold them to the same standard and receive the same punishments

My DS is quite short for his age and gets upset at comments about his size so I do bristle a bit when people say things like this but tbh it’s politicians, they are all as bad as each other IMO.

It's very mild.

Small people, which he isn't even really, don't feel fucking disabled or put upon, it's a mild inconvenience at best and it will be remarked upon regularly and 99% of people, and particularly a slightly below average height prime minister of the UK, are impervious to it after about the age of 10

Name-calling used to happen in schools. Nowadays, people who lack the ability of a good debate often resort to insults at another person's appearance. It is disgusting

I'll ask you again - did you work for the circus?

How ridiculous. I am pint sized. Doesn't bother me on the least but, and it certainly isn't ableist, because being short isn't a disability.

Sunak is pint sized in terms of his leadership skills, he is distinctly lacking in any. Seems like an accurate description rather than an insult.

That poster already thinks they can do a better job than all the MPs put together. 😂

Or democracy, or nuance in the English language.

If you're going to have a thin skin about being short, going into politics would definitely not be a good idea. It's something you need to grow a very thick skin about, and fast, just in life, whether female or male. I draw the line at people resting their drinks on my head though. . .

Honestly can't work out if this post is satire or not?

I think it’s subject to the law of unintended consequences, like all OP’s many threads.

It is serious. She paid her mortgage you know

You said:

Oh lord, our future is in the hands os (sic) a person with dreadful extensions

Given that you are clearly happy to use mild personal insults yourself in the cut and thrust of political debate, I assumed you weren't condemning Angela Rayner for doing the same?

I didn't say you were in agreement with her btw, but that you were on agreement with me.

Yes, and calling him a loser is just weird. He's a billionaire, heiress' husband, and the prime minister of a major country. If he's a loser, what does that make the rest of us?

There's plenty to critcize without resorting to ad hominems. Starmer's Labour seem to specialise in missing the obvious open goals while simultaneously scoring unnecessary own goals like this one. I'm a former Labour member and I won't be voting in the coming election.

He is a loser in political terms, though @Brexile That is why he is having to resort to desperate policies like Rwanda in the hope of winning back voters.

His party will very likely to be annihilated next week and in the GE 🤞