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In reply to the discussion: Can we stop fat shaming politicians we don't like? [View all]cyclonefence
(4,494 posts)hair, skin tone, pooched-up lips, white skin around eyes, etc. I would hope that anyone struggling with her weight--and that includes me--would be able to separate unkind remarks about the bloated *president from unkind remarks made referring to someone who is not in that position. It's kind of insulting, imo, to suggest that something cruel we might say about Trump would be taken by one of us as hurtful--we fat people know we're fat! That's a news flash to some, I know, but it's true. You don't preserve our feelings by refusing to join a conversation about a public figure who is a fat hypocrite.
Are DU men with combovers hurt by comments about Trump's hair?
It doesn't help anyone to tiptoe around what really is a relevant fact about Trump, for fear that someone else will take it the wrong way.