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New York City passes bill banning weight discrimination
CNN ^ | 5/11/2023 | Vanessa Yurkevich

Posted on 06/15/2023 5:38:08 PM PDT by simpson96

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To: simpson96

The cities listed are extreme marxist commie enclaves, fyi.


21 posted on 06/15/2023 6:24:45 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: cgbg

They arent blaming you for them being fat.

They are blaming you for their perception that you are not accomodating them.

The easy answer is that: nothing is built for general public use today for body styles 2 or 3 (or more) standard deviations from what is defined as a normal healthy weight/body style. Unless it is specifically sized for it, like clothes. And then you pay more for it to be that way.


22 posted on 06/15/2023 6:28:19 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man
Staten Island should just declare itself soviern and separate from NYC.
23 posted on 06/15/2023 6:28:37 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF ADCMERICA! AMERICA FIRST! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GLOBALISM!)
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To: simpson96

Imagine that coming to rescue you in a fire!


24 posted on 06/15/2023 6:42:04 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else.)
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To: simpson96

When she sits around the house she really sits around the house.


25 posted on 06/15/2023 6:47:43 PM PDT by bigbob (Q)
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To: simpson96

So does this apply to the NYPD and NYFD?


26 posted on 06/15/2023 6:53:57 PM PDT by rbg81
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To: simpson96

Holy sh^t far women are going to go ape with this.


27 posted on 06/15/2023 6:56:52 PM PDT by struggle
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To: simpson96

Funny how the Democrats are total nazis about smoking but then turn around and promote obesity.


28 posted on 06/15/2023 7:02:17 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: simpson96
"Weight discrimination is widespread, but hits women the hardest – particularly women of color."

Seriously ?!? Is there anything these days that DOESN'T hit women/women of color the hardest ??!?

29 posted on 06/15/2023 7:02:54 PM PDT by UpstateNYer
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To: DoodleBob

How come the fashion industry can’t hire fat chicks????? Look out for 300 pound stews on airplane flights.... How many can they fit onboard before the plane goes down????


30 posted on 06/15/2023 7:04:21 PM PDT by Hambone 1934 (Dems love playing Nazis.....The republicans love helping them)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Reality series....FAT COPS....Watch crime go through the roof....


31 posted on 06/15/2023 7:05:18 PM PDT by Hambone 1934 (Dems love playing Nazis.....The republicans love helping them)
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To: simpson96
New York City passes bill banning weight discrimination physics

I can't wait for elevators to plunge, skywalks to collapse, airplanes to crash, ferries to sink, because they weren't allowed to compensate for the weight of the snowflake passengers.

-PJ

32 posted on 06/15/2023 7:06:19 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: simpson96

Who will get sued when these porkers die early? You know, because of “discriminatory and unequal health outcomes?”


33 posted on 06/15/2023 7:23:54 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: simpson96

Perhaps airline tickets should be sold based on weight.
Everyone treated equally. Just “X” dollars per pound. Same as freight. Seriously, we no longer in general fit standard models for human weight as size. Need a new approach on apply fair standards to everyone.


34 posted on 06/15/2023 7:26:20 PM PDT by sjmjax
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To: simpson96

Critical fat theory. Clown world.


35 posted on 06/15/2023 7:35:12 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: simpson96

AH BUT “Qualifications Discrimination” is just A-OK huh? People unfit for a job’s requirements are declaring that it is not ok to not hire them anyways- so they are discriminating against job requirements

IF a person can’t do a job, then be a grown up and admit it and stop forcing people to lower their standards in order to placate your lifestyle choices- Doing so will in some cases cost lives because the unhealthy person isn’t physically capable of handling jobs that are above their physical capabilities-


36 posted on 06/15/2023 8:30:54 PM PDT by Bob434 (question )
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Notice they excluded the fashion industry, which is one of THE greatest contributors to young girls’ self-image problems, anorexia, bulimia, and other problems.

Sturgeon's Law states that "ninety percent of everything is crap", which certainly applies to fashion. Like Hollywood, New York City's fashion industry constantly throws tons of crap on the wall to see what sticks, in a desperate attempt to find the 10% that will sell and pay all their bills.

Conservatives love to blame various industries for America's cultural decline, but here's a different take: these industries are doing what they've always done to survive. It's the idiot customers that are really to blame for what sticks. While it won't win over the other side, conservatives might put blame squarely on where it belongs: the millions of customers of crap. The problem isn't the gun, it's the people pulling the trigger.

37 posted on 06/15/2023 10:14:41 PM PDT by Reeses
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To: Political Junkie Too
I can't wait for elevators to plunge, skywalks to collapse, airplanes to crash, ferries to sink, because they weren't allowed to compensate for the weight of the snowflake passengers.

Somehow, that descriptor just doesn't seem right.

Snowflakes are light and downy.

How about "Texas-sized asteroid passengers?"

Regards,

38 posted on 06/15/2023 10:22:56 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Revel
They shouldn’t be discriminated against for jobs they can do. But there are legitimate jobs where excess weight is a legitimate problem.

How about instead seeking out jobs for which they are, in contrast, particularly well-suited?

Mooring zeppelins, counterbalancing skyscrapers, snuffing out burning oil derricks, and such?

Regards,

39 posted on 06/15/2023 10:27:07 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: simpson96

Add one more group to the growing number of the “oppressed” eligible for protected class status. “Abnormal is the new Normal.”


40 posted on 06/15/2023 10:30:13 PM PDT by windsorknot
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