• Riverside@reddthat.com
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      21 days ago

      May I ask why? To me it’s just a more fatphobic way of saying “absurdly rich people”.

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        21 days ago

        Obesity is a perfectly valid technical term.

        While medical obesity is typically outside the control of those affected, perpetuating financial obesity is absolutely within the control and responsibility of the morbidly wealthy.

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          21 days ago

          It’s not that “obesity” itself is fat-phobic, is the need to refer to weight when talking about something completely unrelated to make it sound more evil

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            21 days ago

            Evil no, but undesirable like a medical condition. I do think there are a lot of parallels. Shouldn’t use it as a scare

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              This comment thread made want to eat myself to death.

              I’m so tired of this. Why are we acting like some people are just born Obese? The Obese are not a protected class. Mentioning obesity in a negative context is not hate speech.

              In fact I say normalize fat shaming. Fuck it. Obesity costs the US healthcare system $150B/yr as a conservative estimate. Donate that, you *** ****.

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                There is more to it than personal moral failing, though. There’s a reason obesity is more prevalent in some countries than in others. It’s not fair to fully blame people who become obese. You can’t shame people into a healthy diet. It just makes you a dick

                Not going to continue this conversation. This is not a debate. Nobody is promoting obesity, just basic decency towards people who are obese. Don’t be a dick.

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        21 days ago

        Yes im fatphobic, im scared of being so fat i get sick and die. That’s perfectly healthy just like being scared of smoking cigarettes or drinking alcohol.

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          In the way that “xenophobia” means rather hatred than fear of outsiders, the same applies to the word “fatphobia”. It is desirable to look for better health outcomes for yourself, it is not good to judge and discriminate other people based on their weight.