An old work acquaintance has just posted a pic of herself on facebook sitting next to a large black lady on the tube. Her friend must have taken the pic and she's called the picture Fatty fatty boom boom.
I've commented: What is the point of this? Just as it's not acceptable to make fun of someone for being black, it's also not acceptable to make fun of someone for being big.
AIBU to think that she's wrong?
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showtunesgirl · 19/09/2012 21:45
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HecateHarshPants ·
19/09/2012 21:50
Not at all.
I find that people who would never dream of mocking someone for their colour, or a disability, feel that fat people are fair game.
I have come to the conclusion that it's because they see it as a choice/self inflicted and then throw out lovely comments about greed and normally follow it up with ones about stupidity (and sometimes cleanliness)
(Can you tell I've been on the receiving end of some lovely attitudes? 
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WorraLiberty ·
19/09/2012 22:02
Anonymumous you forgot 'stick insect' and 'no tits' 
YANBU OP, she does sound like a complete twat...
showtunesgirl ·
19/09/2012 22:08
topknob I think you're misreading the tone of Worra's post. She's saying it's NOT acceptable.
So we've established that IANBU but AIBU to think that it's ok to now make fun of her because she's a twunt?
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WorraLiberty ·
19/09/2012 22:23
topknob I weighed hardly anything until I was around 32yrs old so I spent my whole life with those nasty comments...often from complete strangers and sometimes for 'misguided friends' who thought thin people were fair game because it's apparently not rude to comment.
So yes I do know 
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