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Yes, the majority has investigated the majority and found the majority not guilty of discrimination. Please tell me more about how you know that big people aren

Yes, the majority has investigated the majority and found the majority not guilty of discrimination. Please tell me more about how you know that big people aren't discriminated against.

whamlastxmas 10y ago
I would if it wasn't the equivalent of talking to a child with hands over their ears yelling "LALALALALLALA"
- ivraatiems 10y ago
  Insulting parent commenter for asking you to support your arguments makes me feel that the child here is you.
- jakebasile 10y ago
  You got me, I'm just ignoring your mountains of evidence.
imagist 10y ago
I think that big people are discriminated against. I've experienced this in the workplace firsthand, where people were not hired for positions where their weight had no bearing on their ability to perform the job. However, obesity does have real health implications, and as such, weight loss is an effective treatment for obese people presenting with a wide variety of health problems. Recommending weight loss when weight loss is a low-risk, effective way to treat the patient's condition isn't discrimination, it's just proper medical practice. The actual study cited in the article which is being cited as showing systemic discrimination: "The group concluded that heavy patients should first be counseled to lose weight because a lower weight reduces stress on the joints and can alleviate pain without surgery." There were, of course, exceptions to the rule mentioned. So yes, I do think that fat people are discriminated against, but I do not think that recommending weight loss as treatment to obese patients is an example of discrimination.
- jakebasile 10y ago
  I agree that recommending weight loss is not discrimination in and of itself. I think that refusing to explore other treatment options in tandem is wrong, and I think that the comments in here blaming big people for being big as if it's a moral failing are discriminatory and ignorant.
  - imagist 10y ago
    > I think that refusing to explore other treatment options in tandem is wrong, "Exploring other treatment options in tandem" in this case means cutting someone open and possibly killing them, in tandem with helping them lose weight, which would likely solve the problem by itself.

Yes, the majority has investigated the majority and found the majority not guilty of discrimination. Please tell me more about how you know that big people aren't discriminated against.

whamlastxmas 10y ago

I would if it wasn't the equivalent of talking to a child with hands over their ears yelling "LALALALALLALA"

ivraatiems 10y ago
Insulting parent commenter for asking you to support your arguments makes me feel that the child here is you.
jakebasile 10y ago
You got me, I'm just ignoring your mountains of evidence.

imagist 10y ago

I think that big people are discriminated against. I've experienced this in the workplace firsthand, where people were not hired for positions where their weight had no bearing on their ability to perform the job. However, obesity does have real health implications, and as such, weight loss is an effective treatment for obese people presenting with a wide variety of health problems. Recommending weight loss when weight loss is a low-risk, effective way to treat the patient's condition isn't discrimination, it's just proper medical practice. The actual study cited in the article which is being cited as showing systemic discrimination: "The group concluded that heavy patients should first be counseled to lose weight because a lower weight reduces stress on the joints and can alleviate pain without surgery." There were, of course, exceptions to the rule mentioned. So yes, I do think that fat people are discriminated against, but I do not think that recommending weight loss as treatment to obese patients is an example of discrimination.

jakebasile 10y ago
I agree that recommending weight loss is not discrimination in and of itself. I think that refusing to explore other treatment options in tandem is wrong, and I think that the comments in here blaming big people for being big as if it's a moral failing are discriminatory and ignorant.
- imagist 10y ago
  > I think that refusing to explore other treatment options in tandem is wrong, "Exploring other treatment options in tandem" in this case means cutting someone open and possibly killing them, in tandem with helping them lose weight, which would likely solve the problem by itself.