Let me get this straight:

[Texasgal]

If your FAT, you are UGLY?? :shrug:

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. No no no no, you have it all wrong

If you're FAT you're STUPID, and if you're STUPID, then you're LAZY, and if you're LAZY, then you're ON WELFARE, and if you're ON WELFARE, then you are SELF-ABSORBED, and if you're SELF-ABSORBED, then you're UGLY.

:eyes:

[nutsnberries]

2. if you're referring to the WalMart thread

saying "fat and ugly"
is not the same as saying, "if you are fat, you are ugly"

you can be fat and beautiful
you can be thin and ugly

but the claim was fat AND ugly.

i don't know what was said inside the thread and if that's what you're refering to, i'm sorry to butt in.

[Texasgal]

4. It wasn't the OP of that thread I referring to

It was a bunch of posts "in thread".

Funny how people equate fat with people being stupid, ugly etc...

Kinda sad if you ask me...

[nutsnberries]

5. yeah, well...

it is sad. Generalizations, in general, suck.

that said,

people that make generalizations are stupid. :P

who isn't guilty of that sometimes?

[friesianrider]

8. Generalizations are generally true, however...

Just playing Devil's Advocate :)

[Texasgal]

10. So are you saying that

The Generalization of an overweight person carries some sort truth to be stupid and or ugly?

[friesianrider]

14. I'm just saying...

Generalizations are generally true. That's why they are generalizations.

[Misunderestimator]

13. Huh?

In my experience they are rarely true. What exactly do you mean?

[Shell Beau]

3. That can't possibly be true b/c I have seen some

ugly bony people and some beautiful plump people!

[edbermac]

6. Fat or full figured?

:woohoo:

[Lavender Brown]

7. says who?

:grr:

[Misunderestimator]

9. Absolutely not.

That was a copycat thread however... just so you know, since it wasn't so obvious. :)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x4647691


I love my Queen Latifah.

[Texasgal]

12. Whoa...

What a weird thread.... And I agreee with you MsU, she is stunning! And very talented!

I guess everyone here on DU is politically pure! :)

Than's nice to know. :sarcasm:

[Burma Jones]

11. Studies show that this perception changes with your Social Class

As you move up the income scale, the men get fatter and the women get thinner.

I remember when People Magazine declared John Goodman to be the Sexiest Man Alive (a banner day for this hefty guy, by the way)

I cannot imagine Esquire slapping Camryn Manheim, who isn't all THAT beefy, on their cover as the most pokable babe in the USA.

In short, I believe that our lovely society thinks if you're female and fat, you're probably low income trash, and hence, Ugly.

Of course, remember when "they" were saying that Katherine Zeta-Jones was fat?