I was observing a thread in a place populated by… well, a lot of the users there are very young and not very socially well-adjusted, let’s put it that way. It’s a form of online interaction that appeals to people who don’t have real lives and don’t know how to get them (yes, it’s a type of chat community, but I’m not saying that all chat users are lifeless losers or anything, and no, I don’t know why I still go there; mostly habit, I guess).
Anyway, the thread was extremely insulting to fat people. Totally obnoxious. It was also insulting to anyone who likes or just doesn’t mind fat people.
The thing that struck me is that if you replaced “fat person” with “Asian” or with “Indian” or something similar, you’d be making totally socially unacceptable racial slurs. Say “Italians are disgusting and anyone who wants to have sex with an Italian is obviously desperate and pathetic,” and you’re going to be socially denounced. But say, “Fat people are disgusting and anyone who wants to have sex with a fat person is obviously desperate and pathetic,” and that’s okay. It’s a matter of “personal taste” or something.
Well, that sucks.
That’s all.
