WHY do people HATE fat people?

[snooper2]

FYI- boogie is a gamer and comedian - 2.5 million subscribers-

[brewens]

1. Not as long as they are jolly. n/t

[UglyGreed]

2. Hate is what we do best

crabs in a bucket type of deal I guess.

[bhikkhu]

3. They equate it with laziness and lack of self control

and we are all taught as children that those things are bad.

[FLPanhandle]

6. I think you've nailed it. nt

[truebrit71]

16. Yup.

I think that's it in a nutshell...

[Blanks]

18. One does not necessarily equal the other. eom

[Terra Alta]

20. are they, though?

It depends on your perspective.

[LWolf]

4. Worth listening to. nt

[UTUSN]

5. The look of disgust I got from a "perfect specimens" couple

In an outdoor mall at a coastal tourist trap, I was sporting T-shirt, shorts, flips, and my belly. Coming toward me was a couple with the cookie cutter "perfect" bodies. Revulsion passed over their faces at the sight of me.

[cwydro]

7. Just another way for idiots

to feel superior.

[whatthehey]

8. DU has a split personality on this topic

Lots of snorting righteous indignation about sizism and fat shaming when the topics come up, then "fat" constantly used as a synonym for stupid or ineffective and useless whenever RW types, especially white ones who don't live in the central districts of major cities, are described or when a caricature for feckless inutility is needed.

[Runningdawg]

9. Fear

of becoming what they hate. I remember back in the late 70's a poll asked college graduates what they most feared:
nuclear war
being unsuccessful with their career/life
death by a horrible disease
becoming fat
You only get one guess which one won.
The very saddest part of this is that the discrimination is rampant in the medical community.

[NobodyHere]

10. People love to shame other people.

And fat people are for the most part culturally acceptable people to shame.

[Orsino]

13. Marginalize others to secure one's own status in the tribe.

I think the practice is older than humanity, and must even have once made evolutionary sense, but we people have perfected the various techniques. We people are real assholes.

[BKH70041]

11. At least people just hate fat people.

Short people have no reason to live.

[clarice]

12. I don't hate fat people....just depends on how they are cooked. nt

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

15. Check the pantry for some Fava beans

[clarice]

38. And a nice chianti? lol. nt

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

41. What's liver and Fava without chianti?

[hootinholler]

14. kick for later n/t

[Skittles]

19. not me

I have always protected them, even when I was in a very young child

[Bonobo]

22. I have never seen a photo book on the "beauty of fat men".

[Archae]

24. That photo was taken by Leonard Nimoy.

It was one of his hobbies.

[Psephos]

26. interesting n/t

[MADem]

34. More than a hobby--an actual career.

Had he been anyone other than Spock, he might have been "known" for his pictures!

http://www.rmichelson.com/Artist_Pages/Nimoy/pages/Leonard-Nimoy-Gallery.html

[clarice]

43. ummmmmmmmmm. nt

[JI7]

46. fat men are able to be rude and become governor and considered serious presidential material

even with a bunch of scandals.

[Bonobo]

49. Yeah and so what?

They're not beautiful?

They don't need to be viewed as beautiful?

Which one?

[JI7]

50. it doesn't matter if they are beautiful or not , i think the whole women needing

to feel or be told they are beautiful is stupid.

being taken seriously and being able to get ahead in life regardless of appearance is much better.

[Bonobo]

52. Wow, I totally agree.

I think it is part of the infantilizing of women. Beauty (whether you mean inner or outer) is not something to be sold and traded in cheap Hallmark sentiments and is no substitute for succeeding in life based on determination, hard work and guts.

[Archae]

25. Am I fat?

6 feet tall, 200 pounds.

I do have a gut.

I wear jeans that are size 40/30.

[MillennialDem]

31. Depends on your definition of fat, and well we can't even compare weight because

people differ in frame size and muscle mass, even given the same height.

If by fat do you mean could you be leaner? Yes.

If by fat do you mean are you unhealthy from an athletic point of view? Probably.

If by fat do you mean are you unhealthy from a medical point of view? Doubtful.

[Barack_America]

27. I don't hate fat people. I hate marketing to fat people.

Marketing that encourages people to keep indulging and "treating" oneself and ignore the economic and health consequences of endless consumption. "It's not your fault...just keep eating...buying...then "shame on you", buy this new weight loss cure...failure at weight loss? It's not your fault...

That's what I hate.

[Warpy]

53. More and more information is surfacing that it's not their fault

It's the reason that people who starve down to an ideal weight very rarely are able to maintain it for more than a couple of years, if that long.

The only marketing to fat people should be for things to keep them healthy at whatever weight they happen to be, and things to help them appear the most attractive they can be.

The last thing any fat person needs is some starveling starlet in her 20s touting the latest Hollywood deprivation diet fad. It's worse than the shaming and blaming, false hope being one of the most destructive things out there.

[BlueJazz]

28. They're Assholes. Best thing I can say about them. Some people don't eat too much, some do.

I'd rather date a fat girl that's fun to talk to then be with a normal weight woman with a blank stare.

On Edit. I'm tired..

[AuntPatsy]

29. Not all people do, just those brainwashed by Americas brand of media output from all venues

http://www.futurescopes.com/finding-date/9409/countries-where-being-fat-attractive

[MannyGoldstein]

30. How does most of DU know I'm fat?

WTF? Is this some NSA @#$%?

[AuntPatsy]

32. It's no good without photographic evidence...

[MannyGoldstein]

33. You must all already know, given

how y'all treat me, but...

[AuntPatsy]

36. Aww you look just like my favorite uncle, we could be related...

[clarice]

42. You are not fat....just big boned (ooops, I said "boned". nt

[akbacchus_BC]

35. No one dislikes fat people as they are not responsible

for their weight! I once got the last seat from a flight from Houston to Miami and this good looking girl, a bit overweight sat next to me me. You know what, she was in the middle seat and did not even move a bit in my space. I admired her when she started her snacks, she offered both of us, of course I declined. Me, I was pissed that I missed my connection in Houston, have no idea what the other person said to her.

Is this a joke to test us?

[madville]

37. Almost everyone looks down on a perceived lack of exhibited discipline

What varies is the manner in which it is applied:

- Overweight people are perceived to lack discipline with food and exercise.

Alcoholics, drug addicts, the poor, the homeless, people with poor credit, people with poor hygiene, etc garner the same attention from people because they are perceived as lacking discipline.

We were actually taught this in the military, you single out the lack of discipline and publicly shame it so it is not repeated to the detriment of the entire group.

I almost view it as a form of subconscious peer pressure, at the root people don't want to "hate" them, people are wired to want them to NOT be that way. I believe more times than not the reaction is pity, not hate, but both can come across as disgust.

[AgingAmerican]

39. Hate is the wrong word

Blame for their own condition is a better way to put it.

[dembotoz]

40. no its hate

[Buzz Clik]

44. How could you possibly know? You may feel hate, but it may be something else.

[PasadenaTrudy]

45. Genetics plays a huge role

I think. I eat sensibly, walk 4 miles a day, and I'm still heavy like my mom was post-menopause. I don't mind it because men no longer whistle from their cars at me. I love being invisible to them!

[KamaAina]

47. Dunno.

I fat women.

[Greybnk48]

48. I have always thought it's an ancient, animal reaction

that has something to do with one member of the group/tribe eating more than their share of the tribe's finite resources putting others at risk. Just an idea.

[darkangel218]

51. Only assholes would hate other people based on their weight.

Sorry, but its true.

[libdem4life]

54. Why do people on this board focus so much on hate? Forget the issue du jour. I vote for a

week of silence and not mention or reply to or judge the word or concept of "hate". That's my wish.

And in my Opinion, this photo is so gross as to actually reflect the stated reason.

This is a political site not a (you fill in the blank.)

[kwassa]

55. Built for comfort, not built for speed.

[kwassa]

56. 300 Pounds of Joy