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> Really? Worse then actual suffering and societal costs is the treatment of obesity as a disease and not a character flaw? Not only should people suffer, but t
by Olscore 10y ago
> Really? Worse then actual suffering and societal costs is the treatment of obesity as a disease and not a character flaw? Not only should people suffer, but they should be shamed for it.
What an overly sensitive response. How ridiculous is Hacker News? Where did I say anything about [1] the suffering, [2] societal costs, or [3] treatment of obesity as a disease?
Mentioned it's political and has a media component to it, get attacked. There factually are people, like the parent comment, who will not fairly discuss the issue on neutral terms. Derailed into personal attacks, insensitivity, or straw man arguments like the above comment. How can HN parade itself as intellectual discussion when it can't even handle benign comments.
- hartpuff 10y ago^ (Not looking for an argument though, just saying.)
- pessimizer 10y agoYou're being the overly sensitive one here. You said that fat people should be shamed because being fat makes you sick, someone replied that it doesn't seem right that people who are suffering because they are sick because they are fat should also be suffering because they are being shamed because they are sick because they are fat, and you started crying "I'm the victim in all of this! I'm being shamed for suggesting that people should be shamed because they are sick because they are fat! Won't somebody think about me!"
- Olscore 10y ago> You said that fat people should be shamed because being fat makes you sick Haha, is this a joke? Is anyone else seeing this insanity?
- hartpuff 10y ago^ (Still not looking for an argument, just saying.)
- vonmoltke 10y ago> You said that fat people should be shamed because being fat makes you sick Where did Olscore say that?