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Originally Posted by flamingdog
It just comes back to the same old question though. Yes, you are intolerant. Doesn't matter if you're preaching or bitching at fat people to lose weight, fact is, you're seeing the fat before you see the person. That means you're prejudging them as lazy, greedy, slobbish couch potatoes. And, no it's not fair of you to do that.
It doesn't even matter that being fat or thin is a 'choice'. A lot of you who are saying it's a choice are saying it under the presupposed notion that to be fat is the 'wrong' choice. Well bully for you Mr Thin, but you know it makes you look horribly self-righteous, right?
Why should I try to exercise? What if I like being fat? What if I don't enjoy it? What if I have other things I want to spend my time on? What if I look in the mirror and like what I see? What if my wife prefers me a bit tubby? What then? Why should I comply with your ideas on making my life a better place to be? If you think battling weight issues are more important than finding happiness, then I'm not interested in your philosophy.
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People are intolerant of many things in our culture. Most people are intolerant of people that eat with their mouths open, or fart in public, or sleep with thier cousins. We have norms and social mores in our society and being very obese is one of them. I'm not saying it's right to have them, and I would not like to justify my position. In this aspect of life, I'm a bigoted asshole. Sure, you can enjoy being fat. Some people enjoy sleeping with their cousins. It's just not for me. Whether or not you have made a decision to be obese (this so-called "choice" to be fat) the fact remains that our society currently supports a thinner norm.
When I see a very obese person, I see someone that has failed to take care of their body. This does not affect my perception of their personality- I just see that in this area of their life they don't concern themselves. You can be the nicest, most honest, dependable person in the world, but still have a problem with your weight. Obesity is quickly becoming the #1 killer of americans. It is beating out tabbaco- being fat is more dangerous than regularly breathing in smoke. I don't understand people's sympathies for something that shortens your life span and makes it hard to do physical activity.