Sunday, April 05, 2015



Fat is unmentionable



The left’s assault on speech and common sense has taken on the cause of banning offensive emoticons.

Emoticons, just to be clear, are those cute little cartoonish characters that are used in emails and social media to add a touch of “feeling” when words won’t suffice.

According to offended hipsters at “Endangered Bodies” a group that challenges the “current toxic culture that promotes negative body image,” Facebook’s “feeling fat” emoticon has got to go – ASAP.

The group had launched a campaign to enlist people to sign their multinational petitions, demanding that the social media giant remove their “body shaming” emoticons before any more feelings are hurt.

The U.S. version of the petition already has over 16,000 supporters and growing…

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I don't think there are many people in western countries who have not felt they are fat at one time or another. In other words, everyone can relate. Those who get their feelings hurt over an emoticon obviously have issues with their self image. If they can't deal with reminders they are overweight, they either need counseling or they need to lose the weight. This is akin to criticizing fashion magazines for using beautiful models because those that aren't beautiful might be reminded that they aren't as beautiful.

Anonymous said...

Is this perhaps just some more people feeling insulted on behalf of others?

Anonymous said...

You're too fat and you make people with eating disorders "feel bad", lose some weight! You're too skinny and you make people with eating disorders "feel bad", gain some weight! Repeat.

Bird of Paradise said...

Liberals have a disorder which keeps them from thinking its called a shrunken brain on dope

Anonymous said...

I don't think I have ever felt particularly fat, nor felt the need to broadcast such feelings to the world at large - but I would not prevent anyone else who would from doing so.