I Guess She Just Couldn't Be The Bigger Person About It..?

A pub called The Midget is to change its name. The watering hole, in Abingdon takes its name from the classic MG sports car which was manufactured in the Oxfordshire town, and was opened as 'The Magic Midget' in 1974. But the name was labelled 'disablist hate speech' by disabilities studies lecturer Dr Erin Pritchard.

Oh, FFS! 

Dr Pritchard, who teaches at Liverpool Hope University, said that she and other people with dwarfism find the term 'offensive'. She previously campaigned for Marks and Spencer to rename their Midget Gem sweets to Mini Gems.

Someone who is employed to teach at a university turns out to be a crank with a chip on her shoulder? Gosh! You could knock me down with a feather!  

I wonder why she's not objecting to other, more problematic things? Is it because she'd get a decidedly rougher ride from them? 

Dr Pritchard spoke with the owners of the bar, brewers Greene King, which is set to reopen the venue with the new name in December following a renovation, the Telegraph reported. Its managing director Zoe Bowley said the new branding would honour the town's heritage while ensuring the pub remains a place 'where everyone feels welcome'.

They don't say what the new name will be. May I suggest 'The Special Snowflake'? 

Greene King previously found itself in hot water over a pub called 'The Black Bitch' in Linlithgow, West Lothian, amid fears the name could be seen as racist. Its origins derived from a female greyhound that formed part of the town's traditional crest - but pub bosses opted to rename it The Willow Tree regardless.

And thus left yourself open to pressure from every crank and nutter in the land. So you've only yourself to blame.