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The outcry of vitriol against Debra over what should be just common sense only strengthens my opinion that the obesity crisis has gotten out of control. Accusations that pointing out the very obvious, well documented, dangers of obesity is promoting eating disorders or is anti-woman is like saying that the suggestion to wash your hands after going to the toilet is promoting obsessive compulsive disorder. Will you listen to yourselves?!
I have a cousin who is eating herself to death, literally. She is my height (5'7"), and weighs 450 pounds. She is part of a "gang" called the Chubsters and calls herself a BBW (Big Beautiful Woman). She is now immobile and her fellow Chubster sisters bring her cartons of food. This is not feminism. This is not body love. Health is body love. Self respect is feminism. Please stop, stop, STOP justifying your bad behaviours in the guise of "empowerment". It's as bad as saying the war in Iraq is about "freedom".
Lay off Ms. Dickson. Stop shooting the messenger.
