be it race, be it SIZE or HEIGHT or be it money or be it looks or be it intelligence or be it class....
overweight people are just the current humans to be shamed....because shaming homosexuals or drug users or sluts is so out of fashion...
humans can always fall back on shaming fat people...its totally acceptable...sad, but true.
the truth is, many of the things humans are shamed for are out of their control....your race, looks, size, height, ethnicity.....and yes, there is a huge genetic component to being obese...
“and yes, there is a huge genetic component to being obese...”
Not so big that Keto/Carnivore and Intermittent Fasting can’t control it!
I agree with you that fat-shaming is a cheap way to feel superior to others. I have a friend who gained an incredible amount of weight just from the side effects of a medication she is taking. People who don’t know her think she’s a glutton when in reality she eats less than I do and I’m only “California fat” at 135 lbs. Pregnancy weight is also much harder to lose than the movies would have you think (or so I’m told). If I see an overweight stranger I don’t say anything because I don’t know her story.
I do make exceptions for those guys (and they are always guys) who fat-shame women while being overweight themselves. But there I am really shaming them more for their hypocrisy rather than for their weight. Plus the acronym for Hypocritical Overweight Gentlemen is just too tempting to resist.