Meta !Sober//iZs joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 38 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,066,933
I've never said anything about the fat acceptance movement either way. It's just not something I ever think about. ?
Meta !Sober//iZs double-posted this 6 years ago, 6 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,066,934
I guess if I had to state my opinion on fat acceptance, I would say it's the same as transgender acceptance: it's your body, and your right to do what you want with it but other people are under no obligation to agree with you or play along.
If someone thinks I am gross for being 285lbs, that is their right. If fashion companies don't want to hire fat models, again that's their right. I would even take it so far as to say that if a private business refused service to people over 200lbs that I think it is their right to do so.
So no, I don't expect anyone to accept it or validate my life choices. If they want to that's great but if not that's fine too.
Anonymous D replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,066,935
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 37 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,066,959
@1,066,934 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
What if all sources of, say, water or medicine refused people over 200 pounds? Would you accept them just dying?
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 6 years ago, 10 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,066,962
@previous (F)
It's not going to happen because you would have to turn away 66% of customers. If even one business sold to fat people, they would make huge profits because they would be the exclusive retailer to 66% of American adults. Why on earth would doctors turn away fat patients? They have all the health problems and more doctor visits = more $$$$ for doctors. The market would quickly end any boycott of fat people.
Anonymous F replied with this 6 years ago, 4 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,066,966
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
You libertarians cannot answer hypotheticals, meaning that your entire system is imperfect.
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 6 years ago, 3 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,066,967
@1,066,959 (F)
Or to consider another example, clothing. There is no law that clothing stores must carry all clothes in all sizes (indeed, there are quite a few stores I cannot buy clothing at because they do not sell in my size) yet fat people still get clothed just fine. If there's a demand for a good, someone somewhere will try to satisfy it.
Meta !Sober//iZs double-posted this 6 years ago, 1 hour later, 4 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,066,996
@1,066,966 (F)
No, libertarianism is based on how humans actually do behave. Conservatism and liberalism are based on how humans ought to behave. It's like saying astronomy is dumb because astronomers don't spend all their time thinking about what would happen if the moon actually was made of green cheese.
Killer Lettuce? !HonkUK.BIE replied with this 6 years ago, 4 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,066,998
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
So what does that make centrism? ?
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Mr. Augustine David replied with this 6 years ago, 31 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,067,010
@previous (Killer Lettuce? !HonkUK.BIE)
My social studies teacher in secondary school denied the existence of centrism
Mr. Augustine David double-posted this 6 years ago, 1 minute later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,067,011
@1,066,996 (Meta !Sober//iZs) > Some people tend to be exploitative so let's make exploiting people the basis of our laws
Mr. Augustine David triple-posted this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,067,012
@1,066,962 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
Also nice forgetting the market caused fat people
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 6 years ago, 1 minute later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,067,015
@previous (Mr. Augustine David)
It also caused rap music and transsexuals ?
Mr. Augustine David replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,067,020
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
by oppressing most people and no it didn't
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Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 4 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,067,027
@1,067,010 (Mr. Augustine David)
Centrism is kind of a fake ideology though it’s just a very mild form of conservatism where the goal is preserving the very mild center left and center right political parties, think third way democrats and bush era republicans, rather then shifting to a hard left or hard right
It’s status quo the ideology aka a meaningless ideology. Might as well be in favor of a technocracy because that’s what you get when you have barely differentiates left and right parties on key issues like the economy and national security like we’ve had in the USA going back to eisenhowser and onward
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 6 years ago, 9 hours later, 14 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,067,181
@1,066,996 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
This is one of the most infuriatingly dumb posts you've ever made!
Mr. Augustine David replied with this 6 years ago, 23 minutes later, 15 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,067,188
@1,067,027 (G)
I sort of agree but I live in the netherlands where we have like 12 parties in parliament and it seems logical to me to refer to the most centred ones as such