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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:01 PM Original message |
Why so much fat bashing in a country where a majority are by some definition overweight? |
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jdlh8894 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. Welcome to the same world as smokers! |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I smoke too. |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. + 1 |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. You can still smoke, and yet end all the stigma and harassment instantly |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
103. If only being fat would endanger other's health. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. i am not fat. i dont care if someone is fat. i dont care if someone isnt fat. but a real hoot |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
62. I think people commonly try to hurt others with things that have been said to them |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:52 AM Response to Reply #62 |
66. thanks.... i forget that. |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. Why indeed. I suppose that people who are into bashing... |
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City of Mills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. That's a whole different bias...skinny/disgusting |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 08:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. You are right, that sucks for a male. And damn, eating all the time |
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Foolacious (73 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #19 |
91. You're working out too often! |
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happy_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #19 |
95. My husband is taller than you and thinner |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
108. My husband is 6'1" and 155... |
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haele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. A lot of that attitude comes from denial. |
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Hollow Shells (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. Because hurting people's feelings is really fun. |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. This. |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
8. Because fat-bashing is a bigotry that's still accepted |
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Dragonbreathp9d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
116. I would not compare obesity and race |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
9. Honestly, given the shit that nearly inescapably constitutes "food" for Most of America |
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happy_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
84. yes |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #84 |
114. I won't touch HFCS, never wanted anything to do with "nutrasweet". |
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City of Mills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. I think it has to do with self esteem |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. Your post really touches me. My parents are/were both obese. |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
12. I am not fat |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I used to get a *lot* more bashing for being skinny than I do now that I'm fat. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. at 5'7 that doesn't seem too much, at most maybe a bit chubby |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. It's close to obese on BMI charts, not that it means that much. |
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political_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
15. The war on obesity puts these impossibly high standards on anyone who isn't thin. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
20. Deleted message |
City of Mills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Not really worth a reply |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Don't bother. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
117. While what you say about the different rates and metabolisms of people |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 08:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. Physics shimizics ...we don't care about reality. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
21. I rarely |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 01:04 AM Response to Reply #21 |
47. I agree |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #47 |
105. Thank you so |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:21 AM Response to Reply #21 |
61. Agreed - there is a totally different stigma on overweight women |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:33 PM Response to Reply #61 |
104. Desk jobs are |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
22. Skinny people are cranky because they don't eat enough |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. *snicker* |
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City of Mills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Hey, don't hate on skinny people! |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 09:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
41. when they stop hating, I'll stop hating |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 06:28 AM Response to Reply #41 |
58. The Only Cranky Pants In My Family Is The FAT One |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:44 AM Response to Reply #58 |
65. Wow, such hostility to a comment made in jest! |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:15 AM Response to Reply #65 |
78. Yes The Fat One Is The Cranky One |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:47 PM Response to Reply #78 |
107. Better to be cranky, than smug, self-righteous, arrogant, & hostile nt |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #107 |
113. The Hostility Is All Yours Darlin' |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
25. I think you basically answer your own question. |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Worrying is one thing. |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 08:48 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. I can think of three responses to that. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #25 |
42. Funny but when I'm worried about someone I don't call them ugly names. eom |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 10:21 AM Response to Reply #25 |
71. She's not talking about worry, she's talking about hatred |
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spooked911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
27. I think people who see themselves as a little overwieght |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. considering that |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 08:16 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. I think they should attend to their own affairs and leave others alone. |
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spooked911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 08:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. well sure, but |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
32. I'm fine with people of more ample proportions |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 08:25 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. agreed |
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jdlh8894 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 08:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. So let's put all the fatties and smokers |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 09:19 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. NO! |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 11:17 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. I wonder if you realize your comment |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 06:45 AM Response to Reply #43 |
59. On this Jetblue flight I was on the guy next to me definitely oozed. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #59 |
93. I've posted this before, but I'll do it again |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 01:39 AM Response to Reply #32 |
48. I don't think I'd like to sit next to you, either |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:05 AM Response to Reply #48 |
60. I'm sure that Jared would be in First Class...more room for him... |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:18 AM Response to Reply #60 |
79. Do you know anything about Jared Allen? |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Yeah, a bit.... |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:39 AM Response to Reply #80 |
89. He probably could |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #32 |
90. You got it -- horrible experience to have that |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
39. Bigotry is inherent in humans. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
44. It's hard for fat people to catch and beat the thin people. |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 10:22 AM Response to Reply #44 |
72. Or run away from Zombies |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #72 |
77. I thought 1 was "Cardio" and 32 was "Enjoy the little things" |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #77 |
97. I think you're right, only saw it once |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #97 |
101. hehe- I am a total zombie lore fan |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:44 AM Response to Reply #72 |
92. On the plus side, the caught fat people delay the zombies longer. |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
45. Because they're the one of the few groups left that it's cool to be a bigot about. |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 02:46 AM Response to Reply #45 |
53. Poor people are in the same boat. |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 04:03 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Yep, it's especially useful if they can |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 05:21 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Bingo |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 06:16 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. They go together. Poor people are more likely to be overweight, & more likely to be smokers. |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #45 |
81. very nicely said, especially your second paragraph |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
46. Because USAmerica is all about |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
49. I think it might be because huge percentages of obese people is a relatively recent development. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 06:27 AM Response to Reply #49 |
57. people between 30 & 65 are the fattest age bracket. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 10:47 AM Response to Reply #49 |
73. So that justifies being mean? |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #73 |
109. No, it doesn't justify it AT ALL. |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
50. Lots of bashing these days |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 02:24 AM Response to Original message |
51. Are you up for the flaming-fat-bashing to come from "progressive" DUers? |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
52. Fat-bashing is like poor-bashing |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
63. Being obese makes you either invisible or the means for others to feel superior through taunting |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:24 AM Response to Reply #63 |
82. Please go to the doctor and have a TSH test |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #82 |
85. No insurance, otherwise I would. |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:38 AM Response to Reply #85 |
88. I'm a hypothyroid patient myself. |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #88 |
94. When I can spare a couple hundred I will do that |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
64. I think it's because so many people still look at it |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 10:06 AM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Compassion is always called for, but it is largely about willpower |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 10:12 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. The thing is, there are factors that are largely out of many people's control -- |
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DatManFromNawlins (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #70 |
98. Sedentary jobs? Nonsense. |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #98 |
99. Ha. I commute to work, over an hour each way, then work for 8-10 hours, then commute back home |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #98 |
112. It's not that easy for some people. |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 10:57 AM Response to Reply #68 |
75. I smoked for 10 years. |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:35 AM Response to Reply #68 |
87. Oh, I see |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:30 PM Response to Reply #68 |
102. It's not just a matter of willpower - its not like quitting smoking or drugs. |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #102 |
106. It's different because everyone still needs to eat. You can't quit eating cold turkey. |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
67. Money |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
69. To reinforce the pecking order. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
74. I'm not fat but I have been bald since I was 5... |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:24 AM Response to Reply #74 |
83. Great post. |
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happy_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
76. the whole thing is orchestrated by the media and perpetuated by the FDA |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #76 |
86. Agree 100% with this post. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
96. No fat bashing from me |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
100. It's very much a social class thing |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 01:39 PM Response to Reply #100 |
110. Bingo! |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
111. Maybe that's why |
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Dragonbreathp9d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
115. Its not overweight that gets me, its obese |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 03:54 PM Response to Reply #115 |
118. Your concern for their health and wellbeing is so obvious. eom |
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