"I may be fat, but I beat my eating disorder"

[Thumpalumpacus]

Please, you're advocating, essentially, for going up to someone and saying, "Um, pardon me, but I couldn't help but notice you're a, well, um, a tad bit overweight.  I just wanted to let you know that there is an increased level of morbidity associated with being overweight, brought on by higher rates of heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes. I'm told you can address obesity as a risk factor by eating less."

Now, you didn't say this explicitly here in this thread, but this is goddamned well what your position entails.

No, this isn't what I've said and it's not what my position entails at all. So kindly go get fucked.

You can deny it as you wish, kid, but it doesn't mean that your denial sticks. Tell me, if they do know that obesity is unhealthy, and they do know it increases morbidity, and they do know that they can fix it, what is the purpose of you saying anything at all? Do you think that your magic words will get the message across, where all the other messages from their doctors and media coverage failed?

No, this is implicit in the behavior you advocate. The fact that you can't see only means you've got a big blind spot regarding your own behavior.

You're the cunt being dishonest with this ever so blatant straw manning.

Your inability to examine the implications of your own position is clear to me already, thanks. You can stop digging that hole now.

I guess you're such a genius you can identify the supposed 'logical implications' with my position (that you've straw manned), but are completely ignoring the logical implications of saying we should not say anything at all about anyone's weight.

I haven't advocated for that -- that was Mermaid's position.

My own position is that if someone asks me for my opinion, or for help in losing weight, I'll be happy to oblige, but until that time, I'd prefer not to be a busybody poking my nose in the business of others. I know that nuance and subtlety are particularly weak points for you, but I should think that the difference is clear enough that even you might be able to discern it.

Let me know if you have any further questions.

Yeah, if I'm not going to call you an idiot, I'm certainly not going to call you a genius.

I'll let you know when your opinion of me matters to me. You don't merit such consideration so far as I'm concerned.