RE: Maher/Corden and obesity
September 17, 2019 at 4:00 pm
(This post was last modified: September 17, 2019 at 4:06 pm by EgoDeath.)
(September 17, 2019 at 3:55 pm)Shell B Wrote: "He went onto argue that fat-shaming—which never left in the first place—needs to make a comeback"
He's arguing that we need to fat shame fat people. I'm pretty sure you said we shouldn't. We're all saying we shouldn't, so . . .
He obviously didn't mean it literally, as he explicitly said:
"We shouldn't taunt people about it. And we shouldn't single out overeating as the only vice"
I believe his argument is we should stop ignoring that obesity is a problem. That "healthy at every size" is bullshit. And I agree. And it's backed by science.
Maher was essentially saying that if considering obesity to be a bad thing is fat-shaming, then maybe we should bring "fat-shaming" back.
If you're saying saying you don't find the bit funny, then okay, cool. If you're saying you find it crude or classless, fair enough. But he simply didn't say anything egregious. Being obese is a bad thing. Period.
edit: The worse thing he did, in my opinion, was not even saying to bring fat-shaming back. If anything the worse thing was when he specifically made fun of fat guys who they displayed on the screen. But you don't know that, because you didn't watch the bit, did you?
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