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Actually, I think the problem is that some folks are speaking too diplomatically.
It sounds too harsh to say, 'I don't like fat people.' 'I don't like the way fat people look.'
Instead it's couched in all these proclamations about health. That only makes it more offensive, in my opinion.
If you want to hold on to judgments about fat people and the way they live their lives then just own up to it. No one really believes that you're concerned about health.
There have always been people who are fat. There always will be. It will be tough business to convince me that most of the sudden convictions about fat people isn't media driven. Just like with smoking.
Just get over it. There are still plenty of skinny people left to look at. Lots of average size people, too. Get over yourselves. You think fat is the only thing that makes someone an unattractive seat mate on an airplane?
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