Can we stop fat shaming politicians we don't like?

[Hombre74]

167. uhhh

Society's obsession? Oh my... society has an obsession with vacation, nice houses, nice cars, etc. if you use that argument. Everybody wants a nice vacation, house and so forth. And everybody wants a healthy weight. Would you call that obsession as well?

"no scientific evidence that being "overweight" or "obese" is unhealthy"
Do you want to ignore the countless research papers from the US, Canada, Europe? Like, every single one the last 10 years or so? What is wrong with you?

" It is also much more dangerous to have a fluctuating weight than to have a stable weight that is "overweight" or "obese"
Who told you that? Any source for that? Never heard it anywhere and most certainly never a study about it (like, a real one...)

"What counts much more than weight in terms of health is exercise."
Absolutely not true. It does count as well but that it counts more is wishful thinking by overweight people. Feel free to send me a pm with a source.

"And yet you don't see anyone shaming anyone for being underweight or not exercising enough."
Oh I do... the one or two times in my life I have seen a near-death thin person, I had a hard time not to look... others looked of course. And I had a friend in high school that was eathing an apple a day or something like that and we shamed her like you would not believe. She eventually started to eat normal after a year or so.

"Fat-shaming others is old-fashioned bigotry, just like racism and sexism"
That is your belief. Fine. I won't be able to change that.

" It's a way for "normal"-weight people to feel superior"
I hear that every time in discussions like that. Along that fat people are of less value. Who told you this? Never in a day do I walk around, glance at someone and thinks, hey, I am taller. I must be superior. Or, hey, he is far, again superior. Nonsense.

"who is lucky enough to have been born with genes "
Ah, the genes thing. I will ignore it again. Still is nonsense.

"call being overweight "ugly"
And that is why I never say that to a far person. I will also not tell a person I perceive as being not attractive, that they are not attractive. But let's face it. Fat is unattractive. But I have the tact of not saying it to a person.

"still something that is considered acceptable"
Yes, just like telling someone that their cigarettes will kill them or an alcoholic that they should get help. The list is endless where that is acceptable. Just like with an obese person. I would however not walk up to a person in public and blast him about smoking.