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.
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Like why do people think it's ok to fat shame? It's like "bUt DoNt yOu KnOw ThAt BeInG fAt Is UnHeAlThY?" like no shit, of course, fat people know its unhealthy. You arent some enlightened being for realising that.
It's basically the equivalent of telling a smoker that cigarettes cause lung cancer. They've likely heard that line a thousand times before and hearing it for the 1,001st time isn't going to magically reverse all the conditions in their lives that made them a smoker in the first place.
But also let's be real, those people don't actually give a shit about the health of overweight people. They just use that as a shield to try to mask their toxicity.
Some of the most vitriol I've got on here has been after saying that we shouldn't mock short men for their height.
Turns out just being "left-wing" doesn't rid you of toxic masculinity.
We should mock tall people for their bitch ass joints. My knees hurt constantly I didn't ask for this.
Wow really? As a short guy that makes me sad
It's not always bad. I always call it out when I see it though.
same material class interests
Yuuuup. I still think it's kinda funny when you see one of the rare people who made it all the way here and they still only half get it.