[Lost Dog]

Originally Posted by Espi

First off, why do so many people here, that are otherwise perfectly supportive etc. , make themselves feel better by means of "fat people bashing"? If you'd replace fat people by blacks you'd have been accused by outright racism.

That's ludicrous. Of course that would be racism. It's totally different. That's a ridiculously extreme comparison.

Why protect fat people? By and large, they choose to remain fat. There are exceptions, of course.

There are people who choose not to wear deodorant and stink up the place (which in the US, goes against the grain), people who don't shower often enough, wear dirty clothes, swear and say offensive and insulting things in public, diabetics who know how, but choose not to take care of themselves, etc. Not calling them on it lets it be okay.

And, it doesn't make me feel better, per se. But, it does frustrate me that people continue to get fatter and don't care to change it.