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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-45507520

An actor with dwarfism has backed the organisers of a controversial wrestling event involving people with the condition.

James Lusted, from Colwyn Bay, says the shows in Cardiff and Swansea should go ahead next month.

He was responding to calls from a charity for venues to boycott Extreme Dwarfanators Wrestling.

Venues in Leicester and Ferndown, near Bournemouth, have already cancelled performances.

The Restricted Growth Association (RGA) compared the event to a "freak show" that ridicules people with dwarfism.

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Image captionThe Extreme Dwarfanators Wrestling event was due to take place in Leicester in October
However, Mr Lusted, a TV presenter, motivational speaker and county councillor, says those involved in the event deserve the opportunity to perform.

"If they want to wrestle then let them crack on. If you don't agree with it don't go," he told BBC Radio Wales.

"I'm really frustrated the shows have been cancelled.

"That's how they've chosen to live, that's how they've chosen to support their families, pay their bills. Why don't we just encourage and support them in that.

"These professional entertainers, they're well trained and fit but they're actually going to lose finances now. I feel sorry for them."

Organisers say the "family" show is about promoting equality.

However Gillian Martin, of RGA, said the event was "deeply offensive" and urged venues to "move into the 21st Century" by cancelling the event.

"They are about making people laugh at the Victorian spectacle of people with dwarfism fighting each other," she added.

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Image captionWrestlers said they were "deeply upset" that shows had been cancelled
Standing at 3ft 7in tall, Mr Lusted was born with Diastrophic Dyslasia - a rare genetic condition that causes dwarfism - despite his parents both being of average height.

He has twice represented Great Britain in the World Dwarf Games and has been the UK champion at Class One badminton for nine years. He carried the Olympic torch when it travelled through Wales in 2012.

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Image captionMr Lusted presented a programme on the Welsh-language channel S4C
"I can understand that some people don't like this kind of thing," he said.

"But those involved are human beings so let's support them and not discourage them by campaigning to cancel their shows.

"There are more important things for the charity RGA to be campaigning about. I'd be campaigning for stuff like dropped kerbs and problems getting life insurance."

Tickets remain on sale for the show at Coyote Ugly Saloons in Cardiff, on 18 October, and Swansea on 21 October.
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See, this is the kind of mentality that needs to be promoted. Pragmatism is a fuckin' godsend.
 
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Midget wrestling has been a thing for a while now and there are some who are quite good at It. Like Mascarita Sagrada from Lucha Underground and AAA. Another prime example of SJWs getting into shit they didn't care about and have no say in and ruining everyone's fun while they are at It.
 
Vilnus Asuncion said:
Midget wrestling has been a thing for a while now and there are some who are quite good at It. Like Mascarita Sagrada from Lucha Underground and AAA. Another prime example of SJWs getting into shit they didn't care about and have no say in and ruining everyone's fun while they are at It.
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Even just a few months ago in WWE they had a dwarf come out and get beat up by a much larger opponent since he was being used to mock the wrestler that he was feuding with. A few years ago they even had one comedy dwarf that came out on Raw all the time named Hornswoggle and this all coming from basically the king of the mountain in terms of wrestling.
 
Vilnus Asuncion said:
Midget wrestling has been a thing for a while now and there are some who are quite good at It. Like Mascarita Sagrada from Lucha Underground and AAA. Another prime example of SJWs getting into shit they didn't care about and have no say in and ruining everyone's fun while they are at It.
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It's the whole formula 1 grid girls/booth babe thing all over again, except this time even worse since the wrestlers have trained for years to be able to perform.

They're treating the midget wrestlers and forementioned women like children who don't know what's best for themselves which actually is offensive unlike the wrestling show.
 
Cilleystring said:
Another example of SJWs making things worse for the people they supposedly represent, instead of better. Very low move indeed.

Also lol that the Twitter handle is @rgauk

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Well, the goal is to make all these people dependent on The State, so of course they want to remove any possible way these people have of supporting themselves.
 
Cilleystring said:
Another example of SJWs making things worse for the people they supposedly represent, instead of better. Very low move indeed.

Also lol that the Twitter handle is @rgauk

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It shouldn't even be controversial, people with dwarfism are people, they want all the same things other people do. SJW people are sounding more and more like Nazis these days. I hope they have dwarfism ring girls though.

 
Hux said:
Autistic as fuck comparison, but it's like that older South Park episode with Timmy being in a rock band and people were getting offended on his behalf because they thought the people that enjoyed his shows were laughing at him and not with him. Who the hell is forcing the dwarfs at gunpoint to amuse the big people? They're adults, they're doing this voluntarily and more power to them if they genuinely want this to do this to make a living to support themselves and their loved ones. Now these people want to take that away from them?
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This is like when the feminists forced the car racing people to get rid of "Grid Girls" in the UK. The Grid Girls certainly didn't appreciate being forced out of a JOB, particularly a job they enjoyed.

And then the british feminists wonder why everybody says fuck feminists in UK (last survey said less than what, 6 percent of British Women ID as feminist, IIRC)
 
nonnewtonian said:
A show like this seems like a great opportunity for a charity event. The fighters get their paychecks, the audience gets a show, the Restricted Growth Association gets money to fund programs that help dwarves, and everybody goes home feeling good about themselves. Win-win.

But nope. Now nobody gets anything.
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The restricted growth organisation can go fuck itself. The money should go into researching a race of supermidgets
 
Koby_Fish said:
This is like when the feminists forced the car racing people to get rid of "Grid Girls" in the UK. The Grid Girls certainly didn't appreciate being forced out of a JOB, particularly a job they enjoyed.

And then the british feminists wonder why everybody says fuck feminists in UK (last survey said less than what, 6 percent of British Women ID as feminist, IIRC)
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Page 3 girls too.
 
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