‘Ungendered’ activist claims GLP-1s are ‘fascist’ and ‘genocide fat people’ in unhinged moment during DSA conference

In a completely jaw-dropping moment at the recent Democratic Socialists of America-backed Socialism 2026 conference in Chicago, an unhinged radical made the outlandish claim that GLP-1 drugs are “fascist” because they “genocide fat people.”

“The political deployment of GLP-1s is fascistic, not because individuals take them, but because the conditions under which they become necessary are shaped by a world fixated on genociding fat people,” proclaimed Atlanta activist Da’Shaun L. Harrison.

The extremist claimed the drugs, like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro — which were developed to treat diabetes are credited with lowering the risk of death from heart attack or stroke by 20% in high-risk patients — exist “to sustain a social order in which fat people are monitored, restricted, guilted, stolen from and punished.”

“Body fascism is not some relic from the past, it’s an active feature of modern imperial regimes,” lambasted Harrison, who proudly plasters their Instagram page with snaps of their swimsuit-clad overweight body. “Every time a government decides whose bodies must be protected and whose bodies must be erased for the sake of national imagery, this is body fascism.”

Harrison, a self-described “ungendered” author and “trans theorist,” who penned the 2022 book, “Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness,” spoke at the conference attended by more than 3,000 comrades from across the country.

“We have to give up the fantasy of being fitter than the fascists,” chimed in Beatrice Adler-Bolton, another crazed speaker on the “Health Fascism, Body Politics, and the Anti-State State” panel.

“Fitness is a measure of relative disposability under capitalism. Our task is not to become less disposable to become more useful to the ruling order…

Fat causes mental health problems

I know you don’t want to hear it, but it’s become obvious. Fat on the brain causes cognitive mental problems.
We have an epidemic of fat leftist out of control women. We need MAHA more than ever!

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Excess body fat and high-fat diets cause cognitive problems by triggering chronic inflammation and disrupting normal brain cell activity in memory centers like the hippocampus. [1, 2]
How Fat Harms the Brain
Research detailed in the study on the Damaging effects of a high-fat diet to the brain and cognition shows that excess fat affects mental performance through several key biological paths:

• Brain Inflammation: Hidden belly fat (visceral fat) and high-fat foods release harmful chemical signals. These signals travel through the blood and activate immune cells in the brain, causing swelling and tissue stress.
• Blood-Brain Barrier Damage: Excess fat weakens the protective wall around the brain. This lets toxic molecules slip inside and harm brain cells.
• Fuel Shortage for Neurons: High-fat diets lower the amount of sugar (glucose) available to brain cells. Without enough fuel, the brain cells that control memory become overworked and misfire.
• Chemical Messengers: Fat tissue sends out tiny packages called extracellular vesicles that travel to the brain and reduce growth proteins needed for learning and mood. [7]

Cognitive and Mental Effects
When fat alters brain function, it leads to measurable mental declines:

• Memory Loss: People show trouble forming new memories or remembering context after eating high-fat foods for just a few days.
• Lower Executive Function: Excess weight is linked to slower thinking, poorer decision-making, and trouble with planning or focus.
• Higher Dementia Risk: Long-term visceral fat accumulation raises the biological age of the brain and increases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. [1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11]

As noted in updates on how Research shows high-fat diets impact brain health and..., improving your diet and reducing visceral fat can help protect and even restore brain health. [4, 5]

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