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I think one of the differences here is that it's unhealthy to be overweight. In my opinion, it's a good thing that we're against obesity. We should be telling these people to get healthy and to lose some weight!
Now, if the person is a healthy weight, but still is "pudgy" by our standards, then if he or she is insulted that is unjustifiable. But it still doesn't make 'fat' a racial group - just like alcoholics aren't a race, fat people aren't either. Race is defined as a " group of people united or classified together on the basis of common history, nationality, or geographic distribution". That doesn't fit fat people in my mind, so fat can't be a race, and insulting fat people, while bad, isn't racism.
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