>have never personally filtered out short men

You stated a hard preference on why you don't like short men here:

> The real reason to filter out short men is they tend to have exactly this sort of complex about it.

It's 100% fine to have your preference, and even more reasonable to not want to be around people who have aggressive attitudes. But don't be surprised when that group looks terrible when your viewpoint is nothing but that negativity you associated with them.