I couldn't even finish reading that article. The "Hey, let's not judge people because of their weight because a) we don't know the whole story and it rarely actually means they're unhealthy/lazy/etc and b) it's none of our business anyway!" mentality has recently caused me a lot of grief -- obviously I subscribe to this mentality, and I post a lot of links/articles/etc on Facebook/Twitter/etc, and an old friend just sent me a message asking me (seriously) what was wrong with judging people because of their weight, so I've kind of been on a rampage about it for the past week or so (even more than usual), because that really pissed me off.
I just don't understand how people can subscribe to such logic!fail and such utter and complete ignorance and faulty logic -- do these people even understand what abuse IS? Do they understand the immense racial and class and etc implications in the slightest? Obviously not... but I just don't understand HOW people continue to succeed in being so very ignorant.
Sorry for the rant. Thanks for posting the link, and for your calm and rational synthesis of it. I always admire how eloquent and respectful you are while you're discussing something that is infuriating.
There are SO DAMN MANY people who define "abuse" as "not parenting in the way I would choose to parent" that it's not even funny. It's incredibly depressing and has a lot to do with my brain broke from trying to deal with the child welfare class from Hell at the same time as the CPS fiasco.
I just don't understand how people can subscribe to such logic!fail and such utter and complete ignorance and faulty logic -- do these people even understand what abuse IS? Do they understand the immense racial and class and etc implications in the slightest? Obviously not... but I just don't understand HOW people continue to succeed in being so very ignorant.
Sorry for the rant. Thanks for posting the link, and for your calm and rational synthesis of it. I always admire how eloquent and respectful you are while you're discussing something that is infuriating.
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