Originally Posted by alicat

Sorry Mods, I didn't mean to imply that there are deliberate "insults" from anyone towards another member, that would not be tolerated. It is the random comments like (made-up example), "so my buddies and me were in the bar and this fat chick asked me to dance", that no one seems to blink at that bother me. Of corse I'm sensitive to this because of my situation but not at all overly so. It just bothers me that a human being is reduced to "a fat chick" as if they are not a person but something repugnant and not worthy of respect.