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08-15 | 4 years ago

> Stigmatising obese people, people who drink alcohol, people who do extreme sports, people who have children late in life. Where does it end?

You sound as if you live in a weird parallel universe where we don't stigmatise those people.

It's not difficult to find people who think along all or some of these lines: Obese people are ugly gluttons, drinkers are a danger to others and themselves and have no self control, extreme sports athletes are crazy, people who have children in their forties are inconsiderate and will get retard babies.

The reason we don't get worked up about those as much as about covidiots, is that the groups you mention don't endanger anyone else. The one exception is extreme sports (think drag racing, not wingsuit flying), and that's why we require those athletes to buy insurance.

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josephcsible|4 years ago

The fallacy here is the use of the word "we". The people trying their hardest to stigmatize anyone who doesn't like the COVID vaccine are the same ones saying that being obese isn't your fault and isn't unhealthy.

08-15|4 years ago

Nope, because according to me, if you're fat, it's because because you like sugar more than being slim, and if you're not vaccinated, it's because you can't do simple math.

Looking forward to statistics supporting your assertion.