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The premise seems to be that fat people are discriminated against, and that, that is fairly unique, and very unfair
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I think we will just have to agree to disagree. I think the basic premise here is that prejudice and discrimination against the overweight (it's not just the very obese here) is one of the last
socially acceptable forms of prejudice and discrimination. As someone pointed out, racial slurs and jokes are no longer socially acceptable on public TV and radio and yet nobody has a problem with fat jokes in those same mediums. An employer can refuse to hire you based on the fact that you are obese and you would have no legal recourse, while they cannot deny you employment because of your race, gender, or religion.
I wont deny that prejudice in other areas still exists. We just happen to be discussing
this one at the moment because it directly impacts most of us. Perhaps men are less subject to it than women because they are more apt to pop someone in the mouth if they have something nasty to say to them?
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Why are you strugglling with making Atkins a successful WOL if you do not see that the discrimination against the obese if based in realistic worries about health, mobility, sexual desirabilty, and a healthy self image??
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I am making low carb a WOL for myself because I know that I have medical problems that this alleviates but to say that every person who has taunted me, the total strangers who have made rude and hurtful comments in public, clerks who have ignored me in stores, etc...are doing it "because they care" is just pure boloney. Prejudice and discrimination is nearly always rooted in a need to feel superior to the group being prejudiced against.
BTW...I see noone has yet addressed my question regarding how much prejudice against the obese is okay and should be socially acceptable and I'll add: at what BMI does it become acceptable/unacceptable?
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Who doesn't want to discriminate against psycopaths, serial killers and rapists?
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I really hope that you aren't lumping the obese in with psychopaths, serial killers and rapists, most of which you cannot identify through casual observation; they look like everyone else.
Once they are caught and found guilty of a crime, yup...they're incarcerated. That's not discrimination; it's punishment and protecting the general public from a menace.