Laura Hernandez's dashboard

Okay, "Newsflash", I said we, overweight people ARE looked down upon in public, did you not read this clearly? I also said HER fat humor, because unlike most, Chelsea refers to chunkiness in a positive way, fat babies are celebrated as adorable, and her reference to "Dance you ass off" was that the problem with the show is that it's point is to change it's participants instead of showcasing how great they can "get down" and don't need to be changed. Her references always seem to celebrate folks of the more fleshy-kind, not put us down. Chuy is a nugget, we call my youngest daughter, mentioned before, our dumpling. If size as a distinguishing characteristic is described with a positive attitude, as a compliment, as Chelsea does, it's not hurtful, anymore than my being told I have beautiful red hair. That is "Playfully celebrating differences", keyword CELEBRATING, not disparaging! Sheesh! Your entire first paragraph repeated MY argument, not sure why you think it's telling me something I hadn't already JUST SAID MYSELF. My including personal info was to show that weight ISN'T a symptom of just being a pig. Maybe the scooter-using angle caused confusion, but the ok-to-be-mocked minority wasn't people in scooters, who come in all sizes, but we fat people, regardless of mobility! That's also why I included the experiences of my 8 yr-old, and my childhood, not as people considered disabled and deserving of sympathy, admiration, and/or respect, but as fat people. She isn't in a scooter, and neither was I then. A skinny person in a scooter/wheelchair isn't automatically assumed to be responsible for their impairment, but a fat person is. It's not the scooter that triggers the prejudice, it's the fatness! "Hurtful stereotypes and outright lies" I mentioned previously are obviously against fat people, don't know how you could have missed that. When I went to my son's school, one of the other kids was whispering, and another came up and told me "She said you're fat!" I responded, well, yeah, I am fat, people come in all shapes and sizes. I'm also very pale, my son is very tan with Hispanic features, of his friends sitting with us, one was black, another was pale like me with red hair and green eyes, there were several different shades and types of hair, etc. I told them all this and that there is nothing wrong with noticing differences among people, it's when judgements of positive or negative personality and character are assigned to those physical variations that causes the problem. I shouldn't accept fat-prejudice anymore than my oldest daughter should feel bad for having blonde hair. But just as my son-in-law knows he doesn't deserve racism against him for being black, it's still upsetting when it happens, and he also avoids situations where it's likely when possible and practical. Hopefully, I have made my point more clear, which is definately NOT "way off base."