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Calling addiction a "junky" problem is akin to calling obesity a "fatso" problem. It says a lot about your mindset towards it. And this mindset is very much the
by cies 6y ago
Calling addiction a "junky" problem is akin to calling obesity a "fatso" problem. It says a lot about your mindset towards it. And this mindset is very much the reason why it is still a problem.
Have this though experiment. If the obese would get as much hate as junkies (junkies steal vs obese make health care insurance expensive, etc), would that help them?
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- thehappypm 6y agoHonestly? Maybe. There is almost no anti-obesity stigma in the US. Everyone’s fat, so nobody cares. If being obese was stigmatized I bet people would care a lot more about avoiding the stigma.
- shredprez 6y agoThere is absolutely a stigma against obesity in the US. The country’s fixation on weight is well-documented and the last decade of “body-positivity” has done little to change it. That said, the stigma against obesity is absolutely less severe than the stigma against drug addiction. Personally, I think that’s appropriate.
- cies 6y agoOne can be a healthy addict (i know very healthy people who cannot stop coffee without withdrawal), one cannot be a healthy obese person. The problem in this comparison is that addiction has a very broad scale (e.g. coffee to crack) similar to body weight. Obesity already entails the person well over-weight (in terms of drug use that'd be "daily crack use" or smth). I personally would rather be in a relation with a coffee addict than someone suffering from obesity.