Comments on: Vicious Fat Hate From Anthony Bourdain And Ted Nugent

By: Magdelene

Magdelene — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:03:06 +0000

I’m not surprised. I already dislike Bourdain because of his bigotry towards vegetarians and vegans.

By: Erika

Erika — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:01:34 +0000

I’m sure that Bourdain, as a former drug addict and smoker, feels even more vindicated in hating fat people. Since he was able to exercise control and stop using heroin and stop smoking tobacco, clearly there has to be something wrong with people who “can’t” stop eating.

Nevermind that the only effective way to beat an addiction is to quit cold turkey. Also nevermind that it’s impossible to quit eating cold turkey, unless you want to wind up very dead very fast.

Not that I think being fat is a result of addiction (except for, perhaps, rare cases of compulsive eating), but I’ll bet Bourdain sees it that way.

By: Kay

Kay — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:37:02 +0000

I am overweight by around 60lbs from where I feel a comfortable weight- and that is not “thin” by societal standards. I read blogs occasionally about fat acceptance or at least, tolerance- including this one and about five others fairly regularly. The one thing that has always bothered me is where are the posters that are like me? I am fat by choice- meaning I eat way too much and the extra calories are stored as fat. I eat candy and I eat fried food (as well as healthier fare) and I know for an absolute fact that if I ate less I would be thinner. In fact, I used to be much thinner and I understand how many calories I can eat to stay thinner and daily I make the choice to eat more than that. I would love to be thinner again because I am uncomfortable physically being larger and I don’t enjoy the way I look. But I love food and everytime I overeat, it was my choice and under my control. I want to relate to others like me, but all I ever read is how other overweight women eat such healthy food and NOT too much of it (how dare they imply that!) and they exercise regularly yet are still fat. I am 40 and have met hundreds of women in my life and all of them that are overweight are so because they eat more calories than their bodies can use- and they know that and own that. For me? I want to be thinner but am unwilling to choose to eat less (or better) at this point in my life- even though I feel I want to. Do I feel it is unfair that I can’t eat as many calories as my best friend who stays thin even eating more than me? I honestly don’t. No more than I feel like it is unfair for me not to have asthma like she does. Where are the overweight people who are medically fine but just eat too much and don’t exercise consistently? Am I really the only overweight person who believes being fat is a choice and under my own control? Because I know I can control it- I just don’t choose to eat less or exercise more and I admit it freely.

On post topic- I can’t say I don’t agree with either of the topics they are talking about. I just don’t agree with them being assholes in how they are talking about it when they know they influence their “audiences”.

By: Moe

Moe — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:56:00 +0000

And shaming has worked so well in the past.

I found this both disturbing and depressing. I really don’t understand this level of meanness.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:07:18 +0000

repest = repeat

By: Cindy

Cindy — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:28:37 +0000

Yesterday, I made the choice to eat a salad topped with grilled salmon. This morning I chose to run for an hour with my dog.

These are choices I make just about everyday.

Still fat. See how your views come out a little simplistic, mkjjh?

As for Bourdain and Nugent? I saw the clip on The F-Word, and I’ll repest myself here. I think it’s beyond hilarious that these two CELEBRITIES would take issue with ANYONE ELSE for feeling “entitled.”

Cuz, you know, neither of these guys have ever assumed THEY deserve special treatment. Ever.

By: whyme63

whyme63 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:57:34 +0000

Richard–
I frequently get clipped in the arm or shoulder if the beverage cart I’m on the aisle and the beverage cart is coming up from behind.

And my last flight was spent with a very tall man’s head in my face, because his head and neck extended past the top of his reclined seat. He came very close to using my rack for a pillow, actually.

By: mkjjh

mkjjh — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:32:21 +0000

obviously are not allowed to have an opinion here without being ripped apart if someone does not agree…..

By: O.C.

O.C. — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:14:26 +0000

Richard, were you on my plane? I have no need to exaggerate. I’m telling you what I saw. And yes, people had to scrunch up to let the beverage cart go by.

I have not been “shot down” anymore than if I’d said the sky was blue, and was answered by someone claiming it’s red. Believe what you want to. That’s not my problem.

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:08:20 +0000

O.C. says, “Looking down the aisle I saw almost every single person leaning FAR into the aisle, because otherwise their shoulders would hit the person in the middle seat.”

Oh, come on. You exaggerated to make a point, you were shot down, move on with it. Many, many people fly all the time and what you’re saying here simply doesn’t make sense. Most people — even larger ones — fit just fine into airplane seats. Some of us fly many times a year and notice these things. Leaning FAR into the aisle would mean, for example, that the beverage carts couldn’t go by…

And Nicole says, “And will they also be asking the tall guy in front of me to pay for two seats because head is practically in my lap when he puts his seat back?”

Well, I personally wouldn’t complain if no airline seats were able to recline. Still, I’ll freely admit that they all recline evenly, and the degree of recline has nothing whatsoever to do with the body of the person sitting in them.