(September 10, 2015 at 10:33 pm)Thena323 Wrote:(September 10, 2015 at 10:03 pm)Aroura Wrote: I'm sorry, my comment about not being able to bring it up was sort of rhetorically directed at my friend, who was upset at her doctor telling her she need to loose weight in order to have a healthy pregnancy. I didn't really mean to direct it at you.By all means, discuss any show you want. You posted a thread, asking for opinions and I responded. That's how it works, right? My opinion is that I don't feel that fat people shouldn't feel less entitled to be visible, because they are fat.
I also think I explained that her heart attack, combined with her refusal to even try and lose weight, combined with me seeing this show a few days later is why it bothered me so much.
To answer the bolded question more specifically though, it bothers me because it's an epidemic, one that is spreading, and one that should never, ever be glorified but is being glorified. I don't actually give a rats ass about the woman in that show, I don't know her. But she is ENCOURAGING bad behavior in people I DO care about, like my friend.
Again, do I need to list every single bad TV show ever first in order to discuss this one? Do you know that I haven't bitched about bad TV shows encouraging other kinds of bad behavior in the past? Why are you so determined to defend this TV show in such a way? It makes me wonder
Some may see this show as encouraging bad behavior, others may see it as encouraging not hating yourself. I really don't care about the show one way or other. I was just participating in the overall discussion.
Oh my, I don't think fat people should be less visible! Quite the opposite! I wish the issues could be MORE visible without dressing it up as something it's not.
Sorry, I did not mean to sounds so negative or aggressive towards you, personally.
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