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Offline CC27

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Can we stop fat shaming politicians we don't like?
« on: July 03, 2017, 08:59:50 AM »
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Can we stop fat shaming politicians we don't like?


I don't like Christie or Trump any more than the rest of us.

But I do like our fellow DUers, regardless of their weight. And I can see from some of the responses in other threads that when we fat shame politicians, they feel the sting.

Did you think it was ok when Trump mocked a reporter for his disability because he didn't like the reporter?

Would you think it was ok to use a racial slur about Ben Carson because you disagree with him?

Would you think it was ok to disparage Caitlyn Jenner for being trans because you don't like her politics?

After reading fat joke after fat joke in another thread, I felt like I had to speak up, or I would be like the white person in the room who stays quiet when everyone else is telling racist jokes.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029282334

Shut up fat ass.  :-)
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Re: Can we stop fat shaming politicians we don't like?
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2017, 09:40:15 AM »
Is "Star Member femmedem" trolling for a "Hide" or a time-out? DU-folk cheered Hilliary's condemnation of 1/4 of American voters as racists, misogynists, etc. and giggled over the "nude statues" of a fat and less-than-well-endowed Donald Trump, while calling Trump's snark about Mika's IQ and face lift a "vicious" attack. On DU the word "standards" is spelled "P-A-R-T-I-S-A-N".
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Re: Can we stop fat shaming politicians we don't like?
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2017, 09:46:55 AM »
After reading some of the responses, all I can say is they are really full of compassion for others. :hammer: :hammer: :hammer:

They are all a bunch of self righteous hypocrites. :argh: :argh: :argh:
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Re: Can we stop fat shaming politicians we don't like?
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2017, 10:38:03 AM »
And the truth shall set you free!  :-)

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35. If there was a rule that when a poster makes fun of someone's looks

they had to post a picture of themselves. those posts would drop to zero.
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Re: Can we stop fat shaming politicians we don't like?
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2017, 11:00:12 AM »
Quote from: tuolumnejim on July 03, 2017, 10:38:03 AM
And the truth shall set you free!  :-)

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35. If there was a rule that when a poster makes fun of someone's looks

they had to post a picture of themselves. those posts would drop to zero.

ZAP! That one left marks!

FWIW, my current avatar has me in it, along with my She-Who-Must-Be-Loved and the Y turret of the HMS Belfast. It isn't obvious, but it would be incorrect to say that I am svelte.
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Re: Can we stop fat shaming politicians we don't like?
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2017, 12:54:10 PM »
Quote from: SVPete on July 03, 2017, 11:00:12 AM


ZAP! That one left marks!

FWIW, my current avatar has me in it, along with my She-Who-Must-Be-Loved and the Y turret of the HMS Belfast. It isn't obvious, but it would be incorrect to say that I am svelte.

Same here but I just hit the big 150 (150 Lbs). Was in the mid 130s for most of my adult life. Weighed 124 on the day I graduated HS. Still while I don't go out of my way to comment on others weight I do enjoy making fun of the fatties of the dump, of which there seems to be a bumper crop.
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Re: Can we stop fat shaming politicians we don't like?
« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2017, 01:12:03 PM »
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Can we stop saying things that daily confirm just how stupid liberals really are?

Essentially the same question. The answer is the same for both.

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Re: Can we stop fat shaming politicians we don't like?
« Reply #7 on: July 03, 2017, 01:23:43 PM »
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Would you think it was ok to use a racial slur about Ben Carson because you disagree with him?

Would you think it was ok to disparage Caitlyn Jenner for being trans because you don't like her politics?

DUers have done so many times. The primitive CatWoman (of dead daughter fame) even told her fellow comrades on the island that it's OK for them to call conservative blacks whatever they want and she would back them up. Conservative twinkies are constantly dragged into the gutter for what they view as their conflicted stances (no pun intended).

The rule on the island is that conservatives are to be attacked for any reason and liberals are to be protected at all costs. Now it's your forum and whatever you want to do is in your hands. Just own up to it, that's the least you could do.

You're hypocrites. We document it. Carry on.

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Re: Can we stop fat shaming politicians we don't like?
« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2017, 02:31:05 PM »
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Would you think it was ok to use a racial slur about Ben Carson because you disagree with him?

You mean like portraying SecState Rice as G. W. Bush's parrot?

You mean like calling Associate Justice Clarence Thomas an "Uncle Tom"?

You mean like calling conservative blacks "House N______"?

You mean like posting rape fantasies about Michelle (Maglalang) Malkin?

I wonder how many minutes it would take me to find Progs applying racial epithets to Bobby Jindal and Nikki Haley?

As I posted on another thread, on DU the word "Standards" is spelled "P-A-R-T-IS-A-N", and that includes usage of racial epithets.
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Re: Can we stop fat shaming politicians we don't like?
« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2017, 03:26:09 AM »
Quote from: SVPete on July 03, 2017, 02:31:05 PM
You mean like portraying SecState Rice as G. W. Bush's parrot?

You mean like calling Associate Justice Clarence Thomas an "Uncle Tom"?

You mean like calling conservative blacks "House N______"?

You mean like posting rape fantasies about Michelle (Maglalang) Malkin?

I wonder how many minutes it would take me to find Progs applying racial epithets to Bobby Jindal and Nikki Haley?

As I posted on another thread, on DU the word "Standards" is spelled "P-A-R-T-IS-A-N", and that includes usage of racial epithets.
Beat me to it.
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Re: Can we stop fat shaming politicians we don't like?
« Reply #10 on: July 07, 2017, 09:13:54 AM »
I am fortunate enough that I can eat as much as I want, and not gain weight.  However, I struggle with a lot of other things. (alcohol)   After taking a nutrition class and writing a paper on the relation between obesity and diabetes.   I could link diabetes rates to obesity, county by county.   People have limbs amputated because of diabetes.  I don't wan't to fat shame anyone, but please think of your health.   DUmmies  eat 'til you die.
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Re: Can we stop fat shaming politicians we don't like?
« Reply #11 on: July 07, 2017, 10:35:20 AM »
Quote from: YupItsMe on July 07, 2017, 09:13:54 AM
...   After taking a nutrition class and writing a paper on the relation between obesity and diabetes.   I could link diabetes rates to obesity, county by county.   People have limbs amputated because of diabetes.  I don't wan't to fat shame anyone, but please think of your health.   DUmmies  eat 'til you die.

Diabetes compromises blood circulation to extremities. When I first heard of TMN having had a foot amputated my first thought was that he is a diabetic. He attribute has loss to a staph infection, but that doesn't preclude diabetes having impaired his immune system and ability to fight the infection.
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Re: Can we stop fat shaming politicians we don't like?
« Reply #12 on: July 07, 2017, 02:46:20 PM »
Quote from: SVPete on July 07, 2017, 10:35:20 AM
Diabetes compromises blood circulation to extremities. When I first heard of TMN having had a foot amputated my first thought was that he is a diabetic. He attribute has loss to a staph infection, but that doesn't preclude diabetes having impaired his immune system and ability to fight the infection.

Wrong.

Way wrong.

He attributed it to "staff" infection.

<<<nitpicking.
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Re: Can we stop fat shaming politicians we don't like?
« Reply #13 on: July 07, 2017, 02:56:09 PM »
I'm pretty sure on my last job there were some "ladies" I could've gotten a staff infection from.
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Re: Can we stop fat shaming politicians we don't like?
« Reply #14 on: July 07, 2017, 03:10:59 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on July 07, 2017, 02:46:20 PM
Wrong.

Way wrong.

He attributed it to "staff" infection.

<<<nitpicking.

True. I just assumed it was a spelling error rather than an allusion to something ... else.
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Re: Can we stop fat shaming politicians we don't like?
« Reply #15 on: July 07, 2017, 03:56:29 PM »
The silly DUmmy probably has used the term "Marshall" law as well.
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Re: Can we stop fat shaming politicians we don't like?
« Reply #16 on: July 08, 2017, 01:06:33 AM »
I think a "staff infection" is a male STD.   :panic:
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