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Shamed, Flamed, Harassed: What It’s Like To Be Called Fat Online
New York Times ^
Posted on 10/03/2014 10:29:24 AM PDT by BJ1
Search for the word “fat” on Twitter and you’ll likely find a torrent of criticisms, insults, and jokes at overweight people’s expense. Now researchers have undertaken such an experiment in a much more systematic way, across a variety of platforms — and what they’ve found may give the public health community a look at the reality of being overweight online.
(Excerpt) Read more at op-talk.blogs.nytimes.com ...
TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: bbwmeme; fat; fatshaming; feministrant; healthczars; obamunism; obesity; pc; psychobable; socialmedia; waronwomenmeme
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posted on
10/03/2014 10:29:24 AM PDT
by
BJ1
To: BJ1
Shamed, Flamed, Harassed: What It’s Like To Be Called Fat Conservative OnlineThere, fixed it.
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posted on
10/03/2014 10:30:57 AM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(TINVOWOOT: There Is No Voting Our Way Out Of This)
To: BJ1
Then it would be advisable to decide not to be fat, wouldn’t it?
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posted on
10/03/2014 10:31:11 AM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
([CTRL-GALT-DELETE])
To: BJ1
I’ve been called much worse than that
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posted on
10/03/2014 10:32:45 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: Old Sarge
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posted on
10/03/2014 10:32:48 AM PDT
by
VAFreedom
(maybe i should take a nap before work)
To: BJ1
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posted on
10/03/2014 10:32:52 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: BJ1
How would anyone know your weight unless you tell them?
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posted on
10/03/2014 10:34:04 AM PDT
by
Ray76
(We must destroy the Uniparty or be destroyed by them.)
To: BJ1
I originally tried to have my handle be MNFat, but the name was already taken so I had to settle with MNDude!
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posted on
10/03/2014 10:34:59 AM PDT
by
MNDude
To: BJ1
Don’t take the fat online.
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posted on
10/03/2014 10:35:25 AM PDT
by
pallis
To: BJ1
part of the Lefts push on criminalizing Hate Speech. Oh, the big bad bullies!!
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posted on
10/03/2014 10:35:29 AM PDT
by
bunster
To: BJ1
ummm... most nurses are fat.
Why not just ask them?
Obamacare’s gonna require they get personal counseling about that health risk. Right?
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posted on
10/03/2014 10:35:53 AM PDT
by
polymuser
( Enough is enough.)
To: BJ1
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posted on
10/03/2014 10:36:25 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Old Sarge
I’m an “Out and proud” conservative just because liberals think its shameful to be conservative.
To: BJ1
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posted on
10/03/2014 10:36:49 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Mr. Jeeves
Then it would be advisable to decide not to be fat, wouldn’t it?
yep. Either that or thicken your skin, also known as growing up.
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posted on
10/03/2014 10:38:01 AM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
To: BJ1
Well, I guess fat people could pretend to be skinny online, just like old guys pretend to be in their twenties, police pretend to be teenage girls, teenage girls pretend to be parents and teenage boys pretend to be everything under the sun and know all there is to know about anything.
To: Ray76
people who know face to face would know you are fat and take it on-line in anonymity
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posted on
10/03/2014 10:39:21 AM PDT
by
stylin19a
(Obama ----> Fredo smart)
To: stylin19a
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posted on
10/03/2014 10:40:20 AM PDT
by
stylin19a
(Obama ----> Fredo smart)
To: stylin19a
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posted on
10/03/2014 10:41:33 AM PDT
by
Ray76
(We must destroy the Uniparty or be destroyed by them.)
To: BJ1
Fat is unattractive (to most normal folks). but I don’t go out of my way to insult porkers, and try to disguise the look of disgust.
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posted on
10/03/2014 10:41:43 AM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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