The Last Socially Acceptable Discrimination

Well folks, if many of you know me...I'm a big man...REALLY big. So, in this time, when we abhor racism, gay bashing, sexism, religious discrimination (except those damn Christians...we can bash them pretty good, safely), there remains one unspoken, unbridled discrimination you can all safely participate in:

Bashing those disgusting FAT people.

In a society where looks and body can turn a dolt into a "leader", the one remaining legal and ethical discrimination, is to take opportunities away from people who eat too much, and exercise too little. Even though scientific research has established a clear "genetic" factor in metabolish for obesity (much clearer than the "crap" science I hear to try to tie genetics to homosexuality, by-the-way), but, you see, gay people often LOOK good. They dress well, they are often slim, trim, well groomed.

Now, fat, geeky, intelligent folks...its OK to infer that their looks, their "habits" and their appearance, are an impediment. In fact, they may be smarter, more qualified, but see, NOBODY will listen to them, because they LOOK horrible! Oh my, the advances in human civilization that have been missed because a fat slob proposed them.

Who LETS these folks change the criteria from good ideas and great thinking, to what dress or shirt size the person wears? Why, WE do. Who establishes the "standard" that "beauty" is the most desirable thing, more important than intelligence, wisdom, character, and integrity? WE DO. All of us. We MAKE this happen, with our shallow, sex driven thinking...our vanity, our obsession with appearance. We allow our baser desires to sway our logical thinking. And its just the same as the injustic of sexism, racism, homophobia. Its EXACTLY the same thing as all of those things...but many of those folks would REJECT that, saying, "Well, those folks could eat less, and get some exercise, for goodness sake". Hmmm, I seem to remember people saying:

"Blacks bring it on themselves, by behaving that way"

"Women bring it on themselves, being sexy and slutty"

"Gay people don't have to stick in our faces"

Where's the difference? Even blacks, women, and gays, HATE fat people. Everyone does, admit it.

Regards,

Doc