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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate

Not been back to the thread as I've been busy with podcast stuff (did two interviews this week since last week's was postponed due to the terrorist attack here).

I REALLY, REALLY wanted to discuss this thread topic with last night's guest, but we couldn't fit it in. But I talked to her after the show.....

If I was in a bar, sitting at a table with a stranger, chatting away and a black man walks in, and he says "Just look at that n*gger", I'd get up, say that I don't associate with racists, and leave.

If I was in a bar, sitting at a table with a stranger, chatting away and an overweight woman walks in and he says, "Just look at that fat woman", I'd be more likely to bop the guy in the nose.

My distain for racism, sexism, homophobia... they are all reasoned stances. My reaction to calling someone fat is emotional.

That "dated offensive" on "######ed" was not always there. We came to appreciate that the word was horribly offensive and people have stopped using it. Just because a word is not marked offensive in the dictionary YET, does not mean it isn't offensive.

A very well known weight-loss blogger posted this yesterday:
"I had a friend that kept calling me fat and it hurt.
So I told him, that I don't like when a friend calls me fat.
He said "Then why don't you do something about it?"
So I did.
I found a new friend."

Those that are claiming that "fat" is in the same realm of tall, seriously? If someone came into the store and asked where Sarah was, you would think "Sarah is the tall woman behind the counter" and "Sarah is the fat woman behind the counter" are equal in offense?

So what were you before you lost a lot of weight? How would you have described yourself physically?