Why is it OK to hate fat people?

[Taverner]

I just don't get it....

But I see a lot of that

Don't get me wrong, I think obesity is a problem that needs to be solved

But blaming the obese is not the answer.

[MrCoffee]

1. Seriously, don't discriminate

Hate everyone equally.

[Taverner]

2. Ha! As a misanthrope, I agree 100%

[Midlodemocrat]

3. My motto for decades.

:thumbsup:

[Mojambo]

8. Yup! n/t

[Wapsie B]

4. Some people have to have something which to belittle others.

Bodily appearance is not protected by any laws. Yes it is a problem needing solutions. The medical community has some of the worst offenders against fatties. I forget how many cardiologists have looked at the obese with disdain. Any other physical affliction would be treated with compassion and caring.

[supernova]

5. Disease or physical imperfection = moral failure

is very old in western culture.

Victims of leprosy were for ages seen as unclean and therefore morally suspect.

The same is true for being fat. Thin is the standard, so fat people are seen as morally suspect, because we all know being fat is something you "decide" to be. :eyes:

/high horse, she says, still trying to lose weight.

[Skittles]

6. some people just need others to feel superior to

that's what I think

[Fleshdancer]

7. I don't know, but it's getting pretty gross in GD right now

I guess it makes them feel better for their sad existence :shrug:

[KamaAina]

9. I always thought blaming the victim was a repuke trope

:shrug:

[SidneyCarton]

10. Because it is always easier to blame the victim

Whether it be the workers at GM or the woman who has been raped, it is easier to suppose that this is wholly the fault of the afflicted, because that absolves us of either the responsibility for a world that is so depraved, or the obligation to help the afflicted. Instead we can sit smugly secure in our self-righteousness until something happens to us.

Yes, personal responsibility has a part in some cases of obesity, but to use it as a bludgeon and an excuse to deride all who suffer from this condition is akin to the judge who acquitted the man in Italy of raping his secretary on account that her jeans were too tight. Did she choose to wear the jeans, yes. Did she choose to get raped? (do I really have to answer this?) Is obesity caused in part by destructive decisions? Yes. Are these decisions made in a conscious attempt to be degraded and disrespected? (If I have to answer this...)

[siligut]

12. Very good.

It is a dilemma, but not the one they want to believe.

[Fire Walk With Me]

11. I blame teh cosmic rays.

Edit: Didn't realize something had actually happened. I thought this was just another silly thread.

[Pierre.Suave]

13. It isnt?

:shrug:

What did I miss now?

[Gormy Cuss]

14. Because it's viewed as failure and people hate to be reminded of failure.

That thread is a..

[Deja Q]

16. reason why viagra was invented?

:yoiks:

[AlCzervik]

15. making fun of heavy people does nothing, it's not motivational at all it's just mean.

having lost a lot of weight i'm always aware that i could regain it and regain quickly.

you cannot bring yourself up by putting other people down.

[Fire Walk With Me]

17. True, but I find no end to the type who must tear others down to their level.

Our culture is terribly sick and selfish.

[elshiva]

18. Thank you.

"making fun of heavy people does nothing, it's not motivational at all it's just mean."

:applause:

[flvegan]

19. It's not, though if you look at GD right now, it might appear to be so.

I'm thinking of a new tactic right now. I hate folks that mock folks that are overweight. Since I'm pretty ripped, I'm going to go to GD and start pointing at everyone ripping on "fat people" and telling them that to me, they're fucking fatasses. Weak, pathetic fatasses. Isn't judging others fun? :eyes: