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I have titled this number one because things happen to me all the time because I am fat and people are rude and I can't help but confront their stupidity.
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Today I was sitting in a go buggy at WalMart waiting on my beloved to drive back up to get me and this older guy, maybe 55 or so, walks in with what I assume is hs wife and says just loudly enough for me and half of the people there to hear...
"I can't believe fat people. They have no right to use the disabled carts. They are not disabled. They need to just stop eating."
Twenty years ago I would have bitch slapped this guy. Instead I quickly reached back and tapped him on the shoulder with the tip of my cane.
"Excuse me sir," I growled. "This cane isn't a f***ing fashion statement. I am disabled and the fact that I am fat is just a coincidence."
The woman with him slapped him on the arm and dragged him away before the man could react. I wish she hadn't. I wish I could have pointed out that obesity is a disability and that not every fat person just sits and eats intentionally to get fat. I wanted to tell him that stupidity and prejudice are far worse disabilities than being obese. I wanted to point out that other disabilities can bring on obesity.
I wanted to embarrass him for all the fat people his words had ever hurt and for all the fat people that were too scared or intimidated to speak out.
But he was a coward and allowed his wife to pull him away. That's ok. Just like poeple heard his words, they heard mine too. I got a few words of agreement and encouragement.
I have never been thin...not ever. I have had my whole life dealing with the hatred and stupidity born of the fear of being fat. And today was just a handful of sand thrown on the beach. It made me feel better but it did not accomplish much. So if you are fat and someone hurts your feelings or tries to intimidate you, please open your mouth and throw your handful of sand on the beach. Maybe someday we can bury that kind of hatred and prejudice.
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Posted by beautiful_crone on 2007-11-27 19:42:19 | Rating: | Views: 104
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Good for you. That man is just one of many ignorant waste-of-space asses I tend to encounter daily.
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Posted by ladiegodiva
on 2007-11-28 13:22:40
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The best part of him ran down his daddy's leg but that's probably not a nice thing for me to say, is it? ;)
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Posted by beautiful_crone
on 2007-11-28 16:42:06
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Your comeback was awesome!! No doubt he'll think twice before being so (outwardly) judgmental to someone - for ANY reason.
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Posted by Shallandra
on 2007-11-29 08:58:35
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I think he will still be a jerk but his better half will just smack him harder and more often ;)
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Posted by beautiful_crone
on 2007-11-29 20:36:38
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I dissagree that being obese is a dissablity. A person doesn't have to be obese it is a chioce they made over many years, there for it is not a disability.
I agree that it is NOT ok to hate fat people. But I also believe that with enough willpower a person could lose weight and be healthy.
I believe that being obese is a choice because the person chose to over eat, continue over eating, and not exersice. No one ever just woke up one day and became obese. It is caused from many years of making the wrong decisions about eating and exersice
I always hear people defending themselves being obese, but the truth is, it is unhealthy, and not doing noththing will just continue it, and not help it any. So maybe instead of defending it, you should use the energy to do something about it.
Now, don't get me wrong, I dont believe that everyone in this world should look like a super model, but the human body is created in a way that it can move around without assistance.
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Posted by Sprinkles
on 2007-12-22 23:38:54
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I know that as a thin person you believe all of the hatefulness you just espoused but no one ever chooses to be fat and many things factor into how easy or difficult it is to lose weight.
I was five feet tall and 120 pounds when I was seven years old. Are you going to tell me that the rapid weight and height gain I went through from my formative years and into my teens was my choice?
Listening to you make these over generalizations is like listening to Tom Cruise swear that there is no such thing as mental illness.
And by the way, I did not decide that obesity is a disablility. The Social Security Disability board decided that.
Further, as I pointed out in my blog, my disability has nothing to do with my weight. I am bipolar, I have cancer, I have diabetes (yes, I know fat people get diabetes... I will make the point for you)and I have arthritis (since childhood) that is now neccessitating surgury.
Just a little constructive criticism here... you should really think through what you are going to say to someone when it is so obvious that they know more about the subject than you do. And unless you have been obese and suffered through the hell of trying to loose weight and the punishment of people who open their mouths without considering the feelings of others you don't know nearly as much about this subject as I do.
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Posted by beautiful_crone
on 2007-12-27 22:14:30
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