Thin privilege is using health to justify hate.
Let’s cut the bullshit here, even if every single idea that’s currently common about the negative health effects of being fat was true, the way fat people are treated would still not be justified. Most of the time, people who say “I’m just concerned about your health” aren’t. There’s sometimes some genuine concern for health in there, but the core is often the same old hateful ideas about fat people, and the idea that because they don’t prefer fat bodies, they can police yours. The fact that some fat people are unhealthy is so often used as a reason to target all fat people everywhere.
And people are, or should be, free to do with their bodies as they wish. Yes, even if they’re doing something unhealthy. People should be educated about health in a respectful way, and then have the choices left up to them. You don’t get to force someone into health because you’re more comfortable with it. This is not me saying, “Everybody should get fat,” or, “Nobody should care about their health,” or, “Trying to become healthier is evil!” This is me saying that it’s wrong to try to become the guardian of someone else’s body if they haven’t asked you for help.
Health is not an excuse for hatred.
(submitted by anon)
