Thread by @HLNCampbell

🧵I’m seeing a good number of people talk about Whale and how fatphobic people are. That it takes watching a movie with a non-fat actor to even consider fat people as humans. And it’s disgusting because there are thousands of comments to these tweets saying things like,

“Eat a salad” “Fat people are unhealthy and gross” and so many other insults and jokes about fat people. DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS SUCH A BLATANT SHOW OF DISCRIMINATION?! Fat people are people and for some reason, society says it’s okay to just absolutely attack people

that aren’t the “ideal” body type. Let’s do an experiment: Read some things (articles, blogs, tweets, whatever) where people can comment on other people’s bodies. Replace “fat” with “black”. “Black people are such gross slobs. Eat another burger, you black piece of shit.”

Does this sound okay? No. Absolutely not. (If you think it does, we have other issues.) Fat people are people. Just like short people and brunette people and people who like Miracle Whip. If you think or make comments like these, you’re perpetrating prejudice and inequality.

SO MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS AND STOP. “But I pay for their healthcare!” A) Fat people are part of society and a lot of underlying issues cause weight gain. B) You also pay for people who are reckless or enjoy things like sky diving or motorcycles, people who smoke,

people that are TOO THIN and killing themselves. You’re not out here publicly shaming them and telling them to go kill themselves. Just, for the love of all that is holy, stop.

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#fatphobia #fatphobic

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