Hi, I'm budoguytenkaichi, and I'm fat.

And I'm willing to bet I'm not the only one here either.

On here, and much of the left, there's a prevalent attitude of encouraging "the swoletariat" or how "a fascist worked out today, did you?".

These things are not necessarily bad or negative on their own, but it should be remembered that people are deserving of respect and dignity whether they choose to get in shape or not.

I say that cuz, in addition to these views, I've also seen plenty of fat shaming and weight-based insults, especially aimed at chuds/libs we don't like, so that makes it "okay".

It doesn't, it really doesn't.

Remember that when you insult someone's weight, and infer that they're a "disgusting, worthless slob" or what have you, odds are there are non-thin comrades seeing that too and wondering "Would they think of me that way too?".

Us being overweight/fat doesn't make us worth less as human beings, whether we're being compared to those of average weight, or those with the physiques of Olympians.

I'll always remember how someone on the old subreddit basically told me that non-thin comrades should be excluded from all public materials/propaganda/etc. and hidden away, because apparently we'd "hurt" the cause just by existing and being acknowledged.

Fuck that.

Don't push away your overweight/fat comrades people, we want a better future just as much as you do.

  • DivineChaos100 [none/use name]
    9·
    4 years ago

    It's weird that we agree that fatshaming is bad (i agree too) but then everyone cums collectively when a woman senator is called a bitch by a chinese guy.

      • DivineChaos100 [none/use name]
        6·
        4 years ago

        I never doubted that. That's a legit grievance that can be called out without calling someone a bitch

        • sailorfish [she/her]
          ·
          4 years ago

          Chapo and the womenfolk - the real neverending struggle session lmao

              • gay [any]
                ·
                4 years ago

                It's very much a gendered slur lmao

                  • gay [any]
                    ·
                    4 years ago

                    I dont know how to tell you that misandry doesn't exist when misogyny does so comparing a misogynist slur to a gendered insult is some 2016 anti-sjw shit

                      • gay [any]
                        ·
                        4 years ago

                        Have you never seen a woman get called "a fucking bitch" as a result of an action she took that inconvenienced men? Perhaps it's turning down a date, or sending a man "to the friend zone", maybe she's just coming forward with her abuse story and a man's image gets ruined.

                        The idea behind the insult is to diminish a woman's self worth, I would say it can be considered a slur. There are words we consider normal that we don't realise how bigoted they are (like the r slur, for example) until someone points it out.

                        Idk, I just don't like calling women bitches so I don't. If she's an awful person there are plenty of other things I can say that aren't misogynistic

                  • DivineChaos100 [none/use name]
                    1·
                    4 years ago

                    I'm about the same thing as OP.

                    The senator (or whatever, i'm not american) is a ghoul, she deserves to be ridiculed, and not slapped back with the most basic sexist insult that can be found on the english vocabulary.

                    There was another tweet going back at her citing the racist history of the US which was epic. Putting the other guy on pedestal though is no less cringe imo than vaush going on about tactical N-words.

    • itsPina [he/him, she/her]M
      3·
      4 years ago

      I personally never grew up with bitch being gendered. All the schoolboys called each other bitches, all the girls called each other bitches, it kinda just was an insult much like fucker. Still to this day I am 90% more likely to be calling a guy a bitch when I use the word because that's just how banter goes in my friend group.

      Like seriously i cannot even imagine "lil bitch" being gendered. Maybe it's a zoomer thing.

      • sailorfish [she/her]
        2·
        4 years ago

        It's not about having empathy for scum, it's about having empathy for your female comrades who are tired of seeing gendered insults everywhere online. Nobody would be upset about you calling her a vampire wearing human skin, just like nobody's upset about people calling Trump a fascist waste of space.