Fig Taylor
Jul 27, 2017 · 1 min read

You don’t buy it? Lady, you just did it. You just said precisely the same thing as this fine specimen of humanity, (albeit slightly more articulately):-

That makes you part of the problem; a bully, a text book concern troll, a bigot. You don’t give a flying one about the health of fat people precisely because you are personally prejudiced against them. If you did, you would have the wit to realise that mental health is a vital component of overall health and that societal prejudice and stigmatisation are extremely injurious to both. As for begrudging sick people a hospital bed, should they need one, words fail me. Fat people pay medical insurance too. Indeed they often pay more than people who aren’t fat, precisely because of the prevalence of attitudes like yours.

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