Letters to the Editor
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@ Anonymous
"To convert this fact into a belief that someone MUST or SHOULD become a disabled blob is bizarre in the extreme."
Of course no one is utterly without choice. Of course genes don't preclude anyone from the ability to make the healthiest choices possible. And SHOULD become fat? Nice strawman; I've never heard that suggestion anywhere else in the media or conversation, ever.
But you still miss the straightforward fact that not all fat people are "disabled blob(s)." Not even most. Not by a long shot. They're PEOPLE, who probably eat too much, but who haven't been helped by their own genetic history and America's generally unhealthy mass-produced food culture.
Being fat doesn't mean that they're not making the healthiest choices possible. *Usually* it means they're eating more than they need, but again, that's not something you can assume. Eating too little can actually prevent someone from losing weight.