Gizmodiva’s sizeist post
*update 08-25-09* The comments backlash has begun, although they never did post my comment, which oddly was more polite than the 2 they did post.
Gizmodiva has posted about larger seats being installed on a train. They use such hateful words as…well, read it for yourself:
We know that the world is slowly turning grotesquely fat, what with all the Mcdonalds and other fast food chains and their up-sizing around. It’s quite a painful experience to watch fat people squeeze into seats with half of their body spilling out! Thankfully, they don’t have to endure the tiny cramped seats anymore as special chairs have been installed on trains to cope with rising obesity rates. I’m not sure I like this, because it only gives them lesser motivation to shed all those excess pounds. So instead of catering to them, we need to tell them to get up and exercise a bit. That’s the only way the obesity problem will come to a halt. What do you think?
First of all, what makes you think it’s your place, a stranger, to tell someone to get up and exercise? How would you feel if I came up to you and said, “You’re too skinny, you need to put on about 20 pounds.” Or, “You’re grotesquely ugly, you should have plastic surgery.” Don’t you think you’d feel a little bit embarrassed, and angry? Wouldn’t you yell at me and tell me to mind my own business? How do you expect a person to respond? “Oh my gosh, I had no idea I’m overweight, thanks for the insight!”
I’ve already left a comment but it hasn’t shown up yet, so who knows if it will be approved. I’d like to direct you all to Kate Harding’s Shapely Prose, specifically this page, and specifically points 7, 8, and 9.
Related posts:“7. Human beings deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. Fat people are human beings.
8. Even fat people who are unhealthy still deserve dignity and respect. Still human beings. See how that works?
9. In any case, shaming teh fatties for being “unhealthy” doesn’t f***ing help. If shame made people thin, there wouldn’t be a fat person in this country, trust me. I wish I could remember who said this, ’cause it’s one of my favorite quotes of all time: ‘You cannot hate people for their own good.’”
