Aww, that's sad. It's amazing how people can be rude about seemingly trivial things such as height.
TBH height doesn't matter much to me, although because of my ex I tend to get pretty wary around very tall men (talking 6'8"+ here). I feel terrible about admitting this but that fear occurs only if it's a white male ('cause, well, I'm sure you can figure out). :X It's mostly because I go into "OH SHIT IT'S HIM" mode.