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>Criticizing the actions of overweight or unhealthy people is as socially tabboo as that of trans, israel or jews. I think news people tried to throw that at t
by Clubber 3y ago
>Criticizing the actions of overweight or unhealthy people is as socially tabboo as that of trans, israel or jews.
I think news people tried to throw that at the wall for a little while, but it didn't stick.
- orangepurple 3y agoIt absolutely stuck but Health at Every Size (HAES) and the body positivity movement doesn't have the same resources to attack and vilify as the other groups. Israel isn't just taboo. They actively destroy opposition by getting people fired, prevent them from getting funding (important in politics), and have entire call centers staffed tasked with forum sliding and demoralization. See the JIDF (it never stopped contrary to the lies on Wikipedia).
- strken 3y agoHAES has a decent point at its core. Screaming at fat and sedentary people to put the burgers down and go for a run is not an effective way to get them to live more healthily. Better to get them walking around the block a few times a week as an ongoing habit than do three sessions of max heart rate cardio and quit. There's a move to destigmatise obesity, but the academics who support that still want to lower obesity, which is not the same thing as other protected groups.
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