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You don’t need to imagine it. 60% of the US is overweight or obese. People have weaknesses and want to compensate. Imagine calling out people below the poverty
by prepend 2y ago
You don’t need to imagine it. 60% of the US is overweight or obese. People have weaknesses and want to compensate.
Imagine calling out people below the poverty line for being “weak-willed” that they choose not to work harder or smarter.
People can’t make the right choices for many reasons and that’s a weakness. That’s being human. The question is how to help with that as telling people “stop sucking” doesn’t seem to be a good intervention.
- hnbad 2y agoAlso, here's a thought: if 60% of people are "too weak-willed" maybe it's not a question of being weak-willed alone. That's more than half. In other words, if you pick a person at random, they're more likely to be "too weak-willed" than not. Fat acceptance is, to a point, mostly a distraction from underlying problems. But fat shaming isn't helping, never has helped and won't fix any of those problems.