Reading through some recent threads apparently bashing fat people and Southerners is OK here at DU [View all]

[nadine_mn]

It makes me sick.

Chris Christie is a bigoted ignorant man who would be bigoted and ignorant fat or thin. THAT is what makes him unfit for office - not his weight. Remember Mike Huckabee - he used to be fat and he lost a lot of weight - and guess what, he is still a bigot.

I am morbidly obese. So please - feel free to pile on about how I am unfit to exist, much less be in politics where the public would ... gasp... see me.

I am not going to make excuses for my weight - I am heavy because I eat too much and exercise too little. My blood pressure is normal, I do not have diabetes, and my cholesterol is normal - my only health problem is my weight. I have been going to the Y and I have lost 30 pounds and my goal is to keep going. You know what helps me stay motivated? Positive energy. You know what doesn't? Asshats who equate being overweight as a moral failing.


I have lived in the South - Louisiana to be exact and whoooo-boy, there are some racists and homophobic jackasses down there. I live in Minnesota (where I have spent the majority of my life) and surprise, surprise - there are some of the same jackasses here.


The best we can do is focus on changing policy and attitudes through positive change and energy. That means voting for progressive candidates, supporting progressive causes and challenging right-wing lies and exposing the truth.

Making fun of someone's weight or where they live does nothing to improve education, unemployment, equal rights or the environment.


I wish I could state this better, usually I am a bit more eloquent, but I am just sickened by the type of bashing and namecalling that I am seeing here.