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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
And “Be kind to one another because you never know what someone might be going through. And stop commenting on people’s weight…it’s friggen weird." reminds me of the all-star conversation where people saw photos of the players on vacation and started judging their bodies and making negative comments about their fitness.
Fandom (not just sports) has gotten a bit sick, in the sense of how little these people are viewed as people and how often others feel they have some ownership over them just for being a fan.
Even some comments about Sutter lately have gone well beyond criticisms of him as a coach. People need a reminder that they don’t know these people, they aren’t their friends or coworkers or bosses. They are people, and just because you pay to watch them do their job doesn’t mean they owe you anything.
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I know so many beat down and insecure people because they were raised in families who constantly talked about weight and size, myself included. Since having my own kid I’ve been laying the smacketh down on the grandparents for discussing body shapes. I know way too many people who have dropped out of sports, got modification surgery, etc… due to their body image issues.