Um, no! A true champion of the poor would see that fat prejudice is a way for the power-elite to divert attention away from themselves. Look at that moron from Mississippi who introduced that bill to ban fat people from restaurants. He wanted to start a dialogue about the toll of obesity on MediCal. Funny that at the very same time the company he used to work for, DuPont-Merc was settling with the gov for defrauding MediCal! The same people who want to blame fat people for global warming have been covering up studies that found in was happening for decades. They have even tried to pin the poor economy on fat people. The crooks at the top lied, cheated and flat out stole, ruined our economy, and now want to blame the poorest of Americans. It is so sad how the little guys buys into the ideology that real progressives are against him and identifies with the power-elite. Believe me, they are not your friends. You and I are nothing to them except objects to be exploited.
We have plenty of people in the movement who understand those dynamics. We don't need any more generals or theorists. What we need is every average person to fight harder. Do one little thing today to fight fat prejudice. Momentium will spread because the average American IS getting tired of same old same old.
Excellent letter M2M! Much more civil than the one I am going to send him. Maybe the dynamics of good fat person/bad fat person will take effect. You are the good, calm, reasonable fat person while I am going to go for his throat!!!
Thank you for your response Pani. Actually, a little extra calm and reason is acquired with age and taught by experiences . Many posting here will eventually come around and mellow out a little more with the passage of time. But in any conflicts or wars (verbal or physical), the side that is to be victorious needs the skills of warriors, planners, generals, trainers, spies, and others. If the fat community is to prevail or even stand toe-to-toe with these hate mongers, it will take everyone's help, we will need women and men not afraid to go for the jugular vein and those smart enough to know when to do it.
But, in reference to your letter to the gentleman "tree-hugger wannabe" Mr. Barry, it will take all kinds of us to handle the vicious lies, bullshit, and pseudo-intellectual concoctions that these guys come up with. The more BS they dish out, the more irate/unkind or "really surgical strike - take no prisoners letter" they should expect to receive are a consequence. What amazes me is that on one hand they profess to love mankind and respect mother nature and turn around and in the same breath spew forth vile bigotry that would get them sued if they tried it against other groups protected by the US Civil Rights Act. So I guess the motto of Barry's organization should be "preserve the environment, burn a fatty".
I, too, wonder about the real motivation of the OP. What kind of reaction did he expect when we are told we are destroying the planet???? Honestly, I am amazed at the lack of awareness to our sensibilities!
to feast on our fatness...:eat1:
