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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Actually, the problem is that even when someone says something stupid on social media, a distressingly large number of people will back them out of dogmatic partisanship. If someone criticizes the stupid comment in a way that could be interpreted as expressing support for the other side, defenders will come out of the woodwork to denounce the criticism as just the kind of thing an XYZ would say. Content and discernment become irrelevant, and all we're left with is endless battles over dogma.
And yet two of the first people to respond to the Twitter comment came out in support of it.
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I think people are often guilty of taking a three line tweet and thinking that's the end of the story. I'm not supporting what the girl said over the course of 160 or whatever characters. I'm supporting what her actual point is. In this particular case it's also pointless to assume fat equals unhealthy. Frankly, I don't think anyone up to date in the health profession would argue as much anyway. You treat type two diabetes with diet, exercise and insulin/drugs, not by becoming skinny. You might become skinny in the process but depending on your body type, metabolism, psychology etc, you may become healthy while remaining overweight. Same with heart disease. If you're morbidly obese, you may see equal benefit from dropping a little weight, 5-8%, and remaining overweight as you would dropping 20-30% and becoming skinny. It's not the exterior that matters but what's under the hood.