Jury: Airline not racist

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[IronJack]

Thompson, who said she doesn’t consider herself a customer of size

Hillary Clinton doens't consider herself a gorgon.
Anna Nicole Smith doesn't consider herself a self-propelled pair of hooters.
Helen Thomas doesn't consider herself a troll's nightmare.
Rosie O'Donnell doesn't consider herself a beached whale.
Al Gore doesn't consider himself a hatrack with ears.

One's self-image doesn't necessarily reflect reality. Much friction can arise from the difference.

[US admirer]

see the fat pig, ...er customer of size, here:

http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/2_11b.jpg

[connectthedots]

5'8" and 300+ lbs is huge.

[AxelPaulsenJr]

Nicely cropped pic, no doubt by a sympathetic soul at the paper.

[onyx]

:)

[TexasCajun]

Since when is fat a race?

When your ass is black and it entrudes into my airline seat. ...so it seems.

[KarlInOhio]

It was a self-admitted 300-330 lbs., so I'm betting the 330 is closer to the real weight unless a scale was brought into the courtroom.

Wasn't Southwest the airline that got sued for racism because a flight attendent said "eenie, meenie, minie, moe; take a seat, we've got to go"?

[Paleo Conservative]

I am sorry ma'am a boeing 737 is not the proper plane for you. We have a C-130H coming along in under an hour for you. We think we can squeeze you in the back.

This is a job for the Antonov AN-225.

[Old Professer]

I think her complaint was that the airline didn't make the fat, white pigs buy two tickets.

[Aznar5]

Bet she isn't smiling now, her ticket to the easy life was snatched away.

[connectthedots]

At the time of the incident, she could have been even bigger. it could also be that if she was admitting to 300-300 lbs; SW figured it was enough to convince any jury she was grossly obese.

[antiRepublicrat]

Even if the seat next to her was empty anyway, a fat ass costs gas, and the airline is being reasonable in charging her more.

And the airline was being nice for not suing her for her verbal assault on its employee, although it looks like the employee may be setting himself up for a suit against her.

[geezerwheezer]

I hope this racist woman gets what she so rightfully deserves....a big ol' fist right in her teeth! Imagine using language like that in public, where are her manners? Had I been talked to like that, I would have split her lips then spit on 'em. Noone has a right to speak to another like that.

[DeFault User]

Now, all you fat hogs to the BACK OF THE AIRPLANE!!!! No, no! To the front; to the front!

Years ago I was on a flight with very few passengers. (How long ago?--it was a DC-8.) Anyway, the stewardess relayed the captain's order that all passengers move to the front of the plane for a proper distribution of weight. It only makes sense.

[toldyou]

Oh, how I agree to that for every case!

[-YYZ-]

Y'know, I'm of two minds on this. On the one hand I have some sympathy for those who are heavy and have to try to cram into those skinny little airline seats - let's face it, they're barely big enough for a 195 lb 6'3" man like myself, side to side, nevermind the leg room issue.

OTOH, having paid for a seat that's barely big enough for me, I'll be damned if I want someone else spilling over into my seat. That's definitely not fair to me. I guess it's between them and the airline. I tend to think, given the numbers of people who are on the heavy side, that the airlines should probably be making some sort of accomadation for them.

[justche]

Can't say thin, hateful and mean spirited is looking all that much better.

[antiRepublicrat]

for some reason the seating assignments had put us all near the rear of the plane.

Sure they didn't just have this woman in the back?

[BenLurkin]