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I'm my own MILF
My stance, in short, is that when I read something like "Obese people only have themselves to blame" I balk. Blame? Blame for what? It's a characteristic. Leave them alone. Let them be obese. Yes, it is for the most part their doing, but to me, looking down on fat people because it's their own doing is like looking down on people with dyed hair because it's their own doing. It makes absolutely no difference in any way. We would never get away with vilifying any ethnic or cultural group like this. We'd be lynched if we spoke about women as we speak about fat people.