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  • Poverty + Food Insecurity = Obesity
    Nancy commented on the article | over 2 years ago
    Poverty + Food Insecurity = Obesity

    Greg, as an overweight woman who is jobless and has three kids to support, I would just like to say...KEEP YOUR NOSE OUT OF MY REFRIGERATOR AND YOUR EYES OFF MY BATHROOM SCALE!!


    Seriously. You don't see your sexism in demanding that girls be skinny or they're not healthy? 


    Now you're trying to backpedal and say it's about more than poor diets. But that wasn't your original post.


    I'm sure you're a good person who meant well. But really, read the comments from the people who disagree with you -- the WOMEN who disagree with you -- and try to take them to heart. We're trying to educate you. You need it.

  • Poverty + Food Insecurity = Obesity
    Nancy commented on the article | over 2 years ago
    Poverty + Food Insecurity = Obesity

    What Elizabeth said!!! How do you know that headless fattie you posted up there doesn't have an unchecked thyroid disorder? If they're poor they certainly can't pay to have that diagnosed or treated.


    Do you know how hard it is to lose "baby fat" after you've given birth and are running around like a chicken with your head cut off for the next 20 years?


    And who are you to tell anyone what to eat? I mean, seriously. Is this a free country or what?


    But nooo, we must help the poor, because they're so stupid and fat.


    When I read shit like this it makes me sad to call myself a fellow liberal.


    You wanna help the poor? Go out and work a soup kitchen and then go hand out bandaids and antibiotics to poor moms and then go to their houses and fix the electrical and give them AC and a decent bed to sleep on, with a real pillow. Oh, and clothes. And if they have kids they'll need school supplies, not to mention good old cold hard cash. And a car to drive. And a good job, with health benefits and a retirement plan.


    And then...and only then...can you preach to them about what to eat.


    No...I take that back. You can't preach to them about what to eat. Just like they shouldn't be lecturing you on what YOU put in your mouth.


    Have you had your 5-7 servings of vegetables today, by the way? Why do I think not. Tsk, tsk, tsk.


     

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