A fat-shamer just got shamed.
Over the past couple of days, a minute video called ‘Dear Fat People’ has gone viral.
The video – made by comedian Nicole Arbour – has been viewed around 20 million times.
During the vile rant, Arbour claims “fat shaming is not a thing – fat people made that up”.
She says playing the “race card”, “disability card” or “gay card” was legitimate because those groups were wrongly discriminated against, but that overweight people should not get any sympathy or special treatment.
“Shame people who have bad habits until they f***ing stop. Fat shaming. If we offend you so much that you lose weight, I’m okay with that,” she says.
The offensive diatribe also targets body positive hashtags on social media and the plus-size label.
“If you want to be positive to your body, work out and eat well,” she says.
“They forgot to tell you that plus-size stands for plus heart disease, plus knee problems, plus diabetes, plus your family and friends crying that they lost you too soon because you needed to have a Coke plus fries.”
Top Comments
I saw this video when my older sister shared it on Facebook. Over the last 2 years I have gained 65 pounds and I use this to inspire me to get off my lazy bum and work it off. Health problems run in my family and I already have degenerative disc deasese at the age of 25. Now I'm not huge but she is right, sometimes the cold hard truth is what you need to make a change.
This video was incredibly distasteful and offensive, and it wasn't funny at all. Fat shaming is a legitimate thing and I strongly believe that it is wrong to discriminate against anyone, period. However as nasty as Nicole's rant was, she has a point. Our society is too focused on "being happy with any size" that we have forgotten the extreme dangers of overeating and obesity. Millions of people around the globe die of obesity related illnesses: heart disease, stroke, diabetes etc., and it is wrong to encourage people to have lifestyles that lead to those diseases.