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Old 23rd October 2019, 02:33 PM   #155
dann
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Originally Posted by blutoski View Post
[I have seen a lot of fat shamers gain weight and either never speak of it again] or double down and emphasize that for them it's *different*. But the truth is, most of us were never demonstrating better willpower or knowledge... just wrapping a story around the fact that we were dealt a different hand of cards.

I couldn't agree more. I've never been fat, but I always stress that willpower has nothing to do with it. I have no need to fat shame or to think of myself as a better person because I'm not fat, so if I ever get fat for some reason, I also won't have to feel ashamed or be in denial about it. The fat shamers who get fat remind me of the people who blame others for being unemployed and then end up on the dole themselves. Or the white supremacists who get DNA tested and discover that their great-grandmother was black ...
Interesting Reddit story!
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