This is so incredibly true that'll add this:
Steve had asthma, which was classified as an imagined product of mental illness, meaning they deemed him mentally ill. He also had heart palpitations, scoliosis, bone/joint/other deformities, scarlet fever, rheumatic fever, sinusitis, "nervous troubles" (likely anxiety) and more.
This isn't made up by fandom. Steve wasn't a short, otherwise healthy man. The first time we can read it on screen is on his enlistment form in TFA, the second time is in the museum exhibit in TWS.
The Eugenics movement was a big thing around that time, in Steve's own neighborhood. Thousands of people (disabled and of color) had been forcibly sterilized by the state because they were unfit for society and didn't fit into the ideal. A lot of them were killed. Steve was considered a burden, mooching off of resources, spreading sickness, causing hysteria, and he was at risk of violence every day.
And on top of that? He's the child of immigrants. Irish-Catholic immigrants. Steve was at risk of violence for his belief alone.
The Americans believed that Irish immigrants were all poor, disease-ridden, brought crime, practiced an alien religion, threatened to take jobs away, would sexually assault American children and women, and strained welfare budgets. There was a lot of hatred against them, and since Steve is also disabled, he had a giant target on his back.
Steve being white and male might have been the only thing that kept him somewhat safe from harm. It's possible Sarah didn't teach Steve to speak their own language because speaking Irish or with an Irish accent would put him at risk.
He was bullied because he was disabled, because he was poor, because his father was dead and his family not American. Picking a fight could very well be a dead sentence.
And last thing: when Steve picked a fight with that guy in the movie theater, it was because the guy was incredibly insensitive to the war and its victims, and people around Steve were crying. We get to see a clear shot of a woman who's in tears, and Steve saw that.
You can see other people look up too, disturbed. But most important is the woman, who looks like this
The only thing Steve said was to show respect and shut up. He didn't jump that guy. He wasn't looking for a fight.
Later, when Steve's at boot camp, he was bullied by Hudge multiple times, and what did he do? Nothing. He clenched his jaw and continued his training. He didn't take the bait. Steve knows what he's doing.
He's not an "angry chihuahua". He's not an idiot who needs someone (like Bucky) to "keep him back" at all times. He's the one who knows his limits best, and what he's capable of. He knows when to keep quiet.
People who purposely erase this part of Steve to make him look unsympathetic should really check their biases. It's wrong to erase his disabilities to fit your own narrative. If you have to pretend Steve wasn't disabled to prove a point, then your point is already invalid.
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