Rant about weight, fat acceptance, obesity and health

[Dystopia]

Yup, which is a point a lot of people- a lot of people- don't get. Plenty of peeps will line up to judge or outright mock you if you're fat, and it's still weirdly socially acceptable to do it; I think that's what the body acceptance movement is in reaction to. This idea that you shouldn't be treated poorly because of the way you look isn't a crazy one.

Never did I defend the position that fat people should be shamed just for the sake of being fat - In fact, I rarely shame anyone unless they do something evil to others - I agree that shaming people for wrong reasons is counterproductive, but there's a difference between shaming, constructive criticism and backlash against the position certain people defend. People shouldn't be treated poorly because of the way they look, but do you really think it is that socially acceptable to shame fat people? Do you know the restrictions I have to go trough as a smoker (even though I reduced the amount of cigarettes I smoke per day) and the social stigma attached to it? If I write one article saying that smokers are unhealthy and that we need to tax cigarettes and reduce the amount of smokers, and if I write a similar article about fat people, can you guess which one will get the worse backlash - Fat acceptance or smokers acceptance? I think treating people poorly is bad, period, but we need to think ahead about the repercussions of the growing trends of obesity in the western world and even in some countries outside it where there's lots of wealth - Can you imagine the chaos that would be if, say, we didn't have enough fit people (I mean minimally fit, not necessarily professional athletes) to form an army or to do most manual work?

But the other thing is, it's like, oh really, being overweight is unhealthy? I've never heard that before! Never once have I been told, in this appearance obsessed culture that's happy to pass comment on the weight of anybody around, especially women, that being overweight increases health risks. Thank you for telling me! I'll just completely change all my habits and be instantly fine, because diet is the only contributing factor to weight and you, a complete stranger, definitely knows everything there is to know about my health, what I'm already doing, and where I've come from! I'm so glad you saw it in yourself to make personal comments to a total stranger! /s

Why do I keep seeing Smoking Kills on cigarette packs then? Don't you think I've had completely enough of it? Do you think smokers don't already know the hazards of inhaling nicotine and other toxins?

This idea that people desperately need to remind fat people of these things as though it just never occurred to them is dumb; of course they know. Everybody knows, it's not as if it isn't common knowledge. But hey, please do continue making unjustified assumptions, public at large, about a stranger in order to judge their bodies inferior and make unwelcome personal comments to them: we all know you surrender your right to privacy and being left alone in public at a certain weight threshold, after all.  

People do that kind of stuff about everyone for many reasons, whether it's weight, religion or politics, etc - Curiously, you're referring to a group of people who are aware of it, but there are plenty of people who are noticeably overweight, or even obese (I mean those who are very heavy) and claim that they are perfectly healtyh weight-wise (or even that they're just big boned and not fat at all).