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Moral panic from obesity would be highly irrational. ~30% (74% when counting obese including overweight) of USA adults was obese in 2007.[0] This would be equi
by isoprophlex 8y ago
Moral panic from obesity would be highly irrational. ~30% (74% when counting obese including overweight) of USA adults was obese in 2007.[0]
This would be equivalent to admitting, society wide, that we ourselves are generally too fat.
Drug (ab)users are much more rare, and feel as 'the other' in a sensational narrative. easy to see as outrageous, gross or hateful; good for a moral shock effect
[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity_in_the_United_States
- jonnybgood 8y agoThat’s 74% overweight, not obese.
- isoprophlex 8y agoThank you! I badly misread the title of that graph. Edited my faulty percentage. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USObesityRate1960-2004.svg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USObesityRate1960-2004....
- emodendroket 8y agoI think there does to tend to be a moral tinge to coverage of it, though.