Originally posted by bandman232
^ I agree. Seems like everyone wants acceptance now. It's really getting on my nerves. Homosexuals, yea okay, do what you want. Fat people on the other hand... Why do we have to accept that you like to eat 5 happy meals a day and don't do anything?
I agree. The reason why I support homosexual rights but not fat rights is for two reasons:
1: Homosexuals never chose to be such. That's what they are.
2: Homosexuals are not endangering themselves or anyone else by being such. It's all about love. They simply love a different person, that's all.
The reasons why I don't support fat rights:
1: For the most part, it is the fat person's fault for going that far. Yes, there are a few people that have legitimate eating/depression disorders, but not two thirds of our country. I have to admit, it can sometimes be pretty freaking hard trying to resist one of the most central tendencies that is hardwired into our DNA (like it or not, we evolved to gorge, because millions of years ago, when we were all starving little monkeys in Africa, we never knew when our next meal would be) and our technology has outpaced our evolution. However, with enough motivation, you can, in fact, stop eating. Right now, I want the doughnut holes that my dad bought today. I had two earlier, but I'm not going to eat them. In fact, I'm going to exercise for about an hour after I'm done with this post.
2: Their habits are endangering themselves, and our medical bills are going sky high thanks to all of these preventable diseases. All these fat people are clogging up the system like they are with their own arteries. Think about all those medications, all those surgeries, all those procedures that stem from heart issues and overeating?
Yes, bullying is a massive issue in our schools, but this is in no way how it should be tackled. Yes, her facts were correct. But the fact is fat people are damaging our health care system, though the food corporations are getting crap loads of money, I'll admit. Also, how would Michelle Obama's message be a permission for some kids to bully fat kids? My reason is this: Two months after the Libyan Revolution started, the vast majority of my high school of 1,500 (not counting 9th grade; that's in the junior high in my district) had no idea that there was even a revolution in Libya, let alone where the country was, or even that it was a country. I wanted to throw up at how unaware they were about that but how unaware they are about anything other than celebrity gossip crap. If I (I'm in the top 16% of my graduating class, but thanks to my Music and Engineering skills, most see me as one of the smartest kids in the school) only heard about this fat program once or twice before seeing this article, there's no way that anyone here would have seen it. Granted, I don't think that my high school, as a pretty well achieving suburban, Central New York high school may have been the target audience, but still.