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19. People struggling with weight issues are an easy target.

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 02:11 AM

Nov 2012

The majority of people in the world seem to focus on easy targets to assure themselves of their own superiority. It's a sad fact of human nature that should not be condoned. If everyone would teach their children it is absolutely unacceptable, the practice might end. I think the discription of the people mourning the demise of Hostess as being fat was unnecessary. Maybe the poster used it as a shock factor to encourage controversy, who knows?

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OK, I'm going to say it. My local news was full of fat people crying about Twinkies. [View all] proud2BlibKansan Nov 2012 OP

why do you hate America? Enrique Nov 2012 #1

LOL! nt Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #23

twinkies are overrated, i always preferred those donuts JI7 Nov 2012 #2

I shall miss the occasional Ho-Ho. n/t dflprincess Nov 2012 #5

ho hos, ding dongs, snow balls, who thought up these names ? JI7 Nov 2012 #7

The idiots that ran the Hostess company... FieryLocks Nov 2012 #8

somebody not getting enough real sex aletier_v Nov 2012 #11

Franz makes awesome raspberry filled ones Viva_La_Revolution Nov 2012 #18

with the special powdered sugar, or little chocolate donuts? HiPointDem Nov 2012 #34

probably the chocolate most, but i craved the powder and crumb ones a few times also JI7 Nov 2012 #37

messy but the sugar just melted on your tongue. i didn't care too much for the HiPointDem Nov 2012 #38

Overrated? BainsBane Nov 2012 #64

Lard, sugar, and preservatives Cary Nov 2012 #3

yeah, only crazy people like lard, sugar and preservatives. sane people eat HiPointDem Nov 2012 #39

Gluten-free bread is no worse than dairy free "cream". Cary Nov 2012 #47

you like frozen sprouted wheat bread; other people like twinkies. it's a class thing. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #48

Not really. Fawke Em Nov 2012 #58

*aspiration* is also a class thing. it's a moving target. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #59

Cost-prohibitive access to and education about healthy alternatives is also a class thing. antigone382 Nov 2012 #79

It isn't a class thing at all obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #61

not gonna argue the point; but class is not about wealth per se. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #63

I don't see how it isn't in this country obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #66

now. dialectic. status anxiety never sleeps; one must keep ahead of the proles. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #67

I'm dirt poor and I don't eat Twinkies or fast food nobodyspecial Nov 2012 #85

Fruits and vegetables, chicken/fish/turkey, whole grain bread. Marr Nov 2012 #68

+1 nt Tree-Hugger Nov 2012 #71

check out this weight watcher meal plan from a chef Mosby Nov 2012 #78

Who actually eats like that? mrsadm Nov 2012 #80

I know, to eat that meal plan you would be in the kitchen all day Mosby Nov 2012 #83

that guy is a food fetishist. i hate food fetishists. i think an interesting book HiPointDem Nov 2012 #84

I don't believe they use lard. BainsBane Nov 2012 #65

Oh boy. JVS Nov 2012 #4

I'm guessing they wouldn't bother putting skinny people on TV complaining about it... cherokeeprogressive Nov 2012 #6

You are right about "the narrative" Hekate Nov 2012 #24

Maybe it's weird, but I don't have comfort foods associated with childhood Hippo_Tron Nov 2012 #30

can you recall why you only wanted those foods? HiPointDem Nov 2012 #40

I was called Bugs Bunny as a kid HockeyMom Nov 2012 #42

"Narrative: pay no attention to those hippie retreads from the time-warp." HiPointDem Nov 2012 #35

Twinkie Restoration Act - call your congressman aletier_v Nov 2012 #9

I'm a chocoholic so for me liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #10

Anyone ever had a deep fried Twinkie? n/t Cary Nov 2012 #12

If you're not denigrating them, why mention them? flvegan Nov 2012 #13

good point liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #16

For a storyteller, describing people paints a picture Hekate Nov 2012 #28

My local media interviewed fat people who were crying about Twinkies proud2BlibKansan Nov 2012 #20

My local news had some of the workers on lunasun Nov 2012 #14

In the past 10 years TlalocW Nov 2012 #15

And my computer is filled with self righteous individuals Arcanetrance Nov 2012 #17

People struggling with weight issues are an easy target. UtahLib Nov 2012 #19

I'll relay your concerns to my local TV stations proud2BlibKansan Nov 2012 #22

Forgive me Arcanetrance Nov 2012 #26

No. SubgeniusHasSlack Nov 2012 #53

The dumb thing is probably only thin people like teenagers treestar Nov 2012 #56

Oh, bullshit. Marr Nov 2012 #72

I like Nutty Bars. Son of Gob Nov 2012 #21

i like to pull apart the layers (of lard, peanut butter and fake chocolate on a crispy HiPointDem Nov 2012 #41

Twinkies have been a staple for some fat folks for a long time quinnox Nov 2012 #25

As long as entemanns stays in business i wont complain Arcanetrance Nov 2012 #27

they're owned by bimbo & they truck the food in from mexico. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #33

Republican soothsayers behindenemylins Nov 2012 #29

Welcome to DU! hrmjustin Nov 2012 #73

Oh geeesh cut people a little slack, this says nothing about Raine Nov 2012 #31

and you can bet that the fat people were selected to comment on purpose. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #32

K&R What a fitting representation of America today. n/t Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #36

"Twinkies" lend themselves to humor, so the media are out to mock in many ways. WinkyDink Nov 2012 #43

It just struck me: I've never had a twinkie or a hostess cupcake cali Nov 2012 #44

It was front page news in my crap local paper. GoCubsGo Nov 2012 #45

Similar here. No mention of unions or mgmt... Phentex Nov 2012 #46

Twinkies are going for $200,000 on ebay. AngryOldDem Nov 2012 #50

I can't remember, either aletier_v Nov 2012 #60

I never even liked Hostess stuff when I was a kid obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #62

Little Debbie cakes used to go with my kids in their school lunches.... AngryOldDem Nov 2012 #81

I VERY rarely eat "junky baked goods" obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #82

Crying? Literally crying? bunnies Nov 2012 #49

TV station here had footage of people with bags and bags of them... AngryOldDem Nov 2012 #51

I find this whole hostess hysteria completely ridiculous. bunnies Nov 2012 #57

I'm starting a bakery to produce blinkies, blink once and they're gone.... they will be the size 2on2u Nov 2012 #52

I would never eat them treestar Nov 2012 #54

I have never eaten theml, and now I guess I never will. n/t RebelOne Nov 2012 #75

I miss THESE!: ThatsMyBarack Nov 2012 #55

I know, it's ridiculous njlibguy_19656mm Nov 2012 #69

Hostess Twinkie is people. aletier_v Nov 2012 #70

They are worse than just empty calories.... magical thyme Nov 2012 #74

I am fat and I never liked Ho Ho or twinkies. I do like Tastey cakes. I eat southernyankeebelle Nov 2012 #76

Without Twinkies, we'd have no media. valerief Nov 2012 #77