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In reply to the discussion: Critic of 'Obese' Anchor Stands By His Words [View all]ButterflyBlood
(12,644 posts)237. I looked her up and Jennifer Livingston looks fine, quite attractive
Far better looking than those stick think anorexic models this guy no doubt holds up as the standard everyone should hope to achieve.
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This is not a position from "Atheist Scripture." Not how bigotry is written into yours. n/t
Ian David
Oct 2012
#99
Nobody has written a condemnation of the obese into the Affirmation of Humanist Principles.
Ian David
Oct 2012
#116
No, there is not. Which is just one more reason why Atheism isn't a religion. n/t
Ian David
Oct 2012
#135
Why even mention those principles, then, I have to wonder, as if they are authoritative? nt
MADem
Oct 2012
#156
Because his bigotry isn't based on them, the way religious people's bigotry is so often...
Ian David
Oct 2012
#214
Then they shouldn't be part of the conversation at all, if they have nothing to do with
MADem
Oct 2012
#221
I have mentioned often that I grew up in a Fundamentalist baptist home/church
OriginalGeek
Oct 2012
#137
This particular bigotry can be found all along the "believer/non believer" spectrum.
HuckleB
Oct 2012
#132
There's a difference between promoting healthy choices & holding the obese up for scorn & ridicule.
Ian David
Oct 2012
#138
Most of the lawyers I know or have done business with play their cards
R. Daneel Olivaw
Oct 2012
#160
Maybe he can't pedal that bike of his fast enough to catch an ambulance, and he's taking it out on
MADem
Oct 2012
#184
I thought the same thing when I first heard about this. The guy is an irrelevant asshole, why give
octothorpe
Oct 2012
#302
Insulting his appearance is probably not a great way to convey the message
4th law of robotics
Oct 2012
#224
What comes around goes around. If he hadn't viciously attacked Ms. Livingston's appearance
smokey nj
Oct 2012
#245
Well, what medications tend to make balls...er...go away(or at least get smaller)?
Ken Burch
Oct 2012
#77
I can't believe I'm seeing people on a progressive message board defending Krause's bigotry.
alp227
Oct 2012
#32
Exactly, this sort of attitude is only appropriate when discussing Chris Christie,
hughee99
Oct 2012
#252
I will enlighten you. "Obesity is like Alcholism an Addiction" but you got to eat.
Stuart G
Oct 2012
#30
"The anchorwoman was a victim because someone asked her to demonstrate a little self-restraint?"
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Oct 2012
#41
And you and the other posters know that she does not exercise self restraint, how?
NikolaC
Oct 2012
#56
He wasn't "asking questions." He's a concern troll couching insult as "advice."
DirkGently
Oct 2012
#189
Would you like someone calling you a shitty role model without knowing your condition? nt
MADem
Oct 2012
#159
So you would just eat it? You think it's "OK" for people to characterize you unfairly?
MADem
Oct 2012
#183
You said people say things all the time to you. Well, they do to this woman, and she fought back.
MADem
Oct 2012
#196
If he had said this about a male anchor I think the outrage would have been muted
4th law of robotics
Oct 2012
#219
You really don't see that it's none of his fucking business to tell her anything
LaurenG
Oct 2012
#122
I agree with you. I don't see any bullying. People might not like what he said to her personally
IndyJones
Oct 2012
#202
I agree to some extent. His point is valid. But, obese or not, the anchor should be on TV.
sinkingfeeling
Oct 2012
#220
I couldn't disagree more. Health is directly tied to weight. How many Type II diabetes
sinkingfeeling
Oct 2012
#261
Tell it to the National Diabetes Assocation and the American Heart Association.
sinkingfeeling
Oct 2012
#279
I don't feel like copying all 4,162,000 medical studies here. A review of the web sites
sinkingfeeling
Oct 2012
#313
Why did this POS think it was necessary for him to point it out? Is he the healtlh police?
raccoon
Oct 2012
#284
Let's say your mother, daughter, sister is overweight. How would you feel about a total stranger
raccoon
Oct 2012
#298
sigh. that wasn't the point. he did nOT bring up her looks. He brought up childhood obesity...
progressivebydesign
Oct 2012
#18
Well, Stephen Hawking is a shitty role model, because he doesn't exercise every day.
MADem
Oct 2012
#163
I've seen Chris Christie chase a guy down the boardwalk with an ice cream in his mouth!
MADem
Oct 2012
#170
It's not bullying to make assumptions about someone's health and lifestyle from the way they look
sybylla
Oct 2012
#29
I didn't defend CHILDHOOD obesity, rather let's not teach children to be fat-phobic.
alp227
Oct 2012
#66
yep according to wiki she was born 12/26/48 I know she doesn't look it though
azurnoir
Oct 2012
#109
Yup. My bad. I jumped in without realizing who was being discussed.
Common Sense Party
Oct 2012
#113
And Krause -- the "occasional viewer" -- can take a stand against by illegal drugs...
Eleanors38
Oct 2012
#21
Anybody think he'd ever have sent an email like this to a non-emaciated MALE news anchor?
Ken Burch
Oct 2012
#40
"...by transforming herself for all of her viewers to see over the next year..."
SoapBox
Oct 2012
#50
W-H-Y are we using an innocently large-sized WOMAN to scaremonger CHILDHOOD obesity????
alp227
Oct 2012
#115
People who use words like "blubbering" and "whine" and "crybabies" ARE BULLYING
carolinayellowdog
Oct 2012
#128
Some (many?) people who work out a lot have real contempt for overweight people.
Peregrine Took
Oct 2012
#69
There is an awful feeling about the letter that Krause wrote. It is bullying, put down, I am better
Stuart G
Oct 2012
#72
Do you mean Romney chasing, grabbing, and holding down a gay student and cutting off his long hair?
Kurovski
Oct 2012
#89
Krause is doing nothing but displaying both ignorance and arrogance. It may well
LibDemAlways
Oct 2012
#83
He truly needs to stfu. I dare him to ever write that crap to/about a male reporter
LaurenG
Oct 2012
#117
Finally found the original email so I can make an informed comment...and BOY HOWDY do I have some!
pnwest
Oct 2012
#125
The thing is, she's a successful woman and sometimes men can't deal with that
mountain grammy
Oct 2012
#153
He is both a jerk and an idiot. When did local news anchors become role models?
Tom Ripley
Oct 2012
#185
for God sake, I want the anchor and journalist not a plastic barbie full of silicon
AlphaCentauri
Oct 2012
#186
I think that's why he did this, if she was unattractive he wouldn't bother suggesting a makeover
bettyellen
Oct 2012
#307