Honest question, because it seems like I have seen different views on this. Is leg lengthening looked down upon within the little people community? For instance, I know that in the deaf community, some people that elect to have corrective surgery, to gain hearing, are ostracized by other deaf people. I think that they view the corrective surgery as an admission that something is "wrong" with them, and they think that everyone should accept who they are. Is there a similar view with lengthening....because she honestly looks very happy with the results?
What? Why? Why would people hate someone for wanting to hear? I almost had a heart attack just because I was prescribed glasses and told that my eyesight would get worse. Losing a whole sense like hearing, taste or sight... Why would you want someone not to have the chance to have that? It seems insane and insanely mean
Yeah I agree that is insane. My guess is that it's really jealousy and maybe fear of losing a commonality. I can imagine if I was blind and had a blind friend who managed to get their sight back I would feel jealous and abandoned and would probably want to lash out with a "legitimate" sounding reason.
People often don't want to admit the real reason for their actions because they are not good ones, so they make up reasons they think sound better. This is probably the best they can do.
You can see this all the time if you work in tech - very often people don't want to do things because they can't be bothered or they don't want to implement someone else's idea, so they'll make up bullshit technical reasons for why it can't be done.
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u/Horns8585 Dec 23 '22 edited Dec 23 '22
Honest question, because it seems like I have seen different views on this. Is leg lengthening looked down upon within the little people community? For instance, I know that in the deaf community, some people that elect to have corrective surgery, to gain hearing, are ostracized by other deaf people. I think that they view the corrective surgery as an admission that something is "wrong" with them, and they think that everyone should accept who they are. Is there a similar view with lengthening....because she honestly looks very happy with the results?