lobotomybeats
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You know what, I'm sure she has gotten more repulsive emails. Why didn't she use those to make her point? She used an awful example of bullying.
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The viewer who sent her the email, Kenneth Krause, gave a statement to "Today" standing by his original comments. "Considering Jennifer Livingston's fortuitous position in the community, I hope she will finally take advantage of a rare and golden opportunity to influence the health and psychological well-being of Coulee region children by transforming herself for all of her viewers to see over the next year," he wrote.
the email was from her husband
@ "hundreds of people took the time to lift my spirits"...
...that's because your fatty spirits are too damn heavy for one man.
Yo son even went the extra mile to post it on FB to cover his tracksthe email was from her husband
I felt the same way when I read the article. They give some interesting stats and citations that make you think twice though.Being a chubster doesn't add undue stress or increase the workload for the major organs? I don't believe you.
I bet she got that wet-wet
no one, including the supposed "bully" mentioned by the anchor, said that fat people are bad people; instead, he mentioned that a public figure should exhibit a positive, healthy image. I reject this "bullies" notion that fat people can't be good examples/role models for children, though, to assert that criticizing a person's weight and nothing more as "bullying" is absurd.I forgot that most of y'all are either young in age or just young-minded and just see this as a fat person complaining.
The idea is that a person who is overweight is automatically a poor example to children is absurd and that a parent could be instilling those values in their children can lead to the mentality that people who are viewed as lower on their scale of acceptability does lead to a sort of bullying. Sure, people can automatically dismiss it as, "You're fat and you can change that, how dare you relate it to other injustices" but the point remains that it's unfair to see someone due to any aspect of their physical appearance and judge them as bad people or unsuitable examples to children.
FYI: I'm skinny so it has nothing to do with me and as I stated earlier, I agree obesity is a huge (no pun) problem but this is bigger (pun?) than that.
Young-minded?I forgot that most of y'all are either young in age or just young-minded and just see this as a fat person complaining.
The idea is that a person who is overweight is automatically a poor example to children is absurd and that a parent could be instilling those values in their children can lead to the mentality that people who are viewed as lower on their scale of acceptability does lead to a sort of bullying. Sure, people can automatically dismiss it as, "You're fat and you can change that, how dare you relate it to other injustices" but the point remains that it's unfair to see someone due to any aspect of their physical appearance and judge them as bad people or unsuitable examples to children.
FYI: I'm skinny so it has nothing to do with me and as I stated earlier, I agree obesity is a huge (no pun) problem but this is bigger (pun?) than that.
Immature? I've never heard that word. Never said I'm more mature than everyone else but you seem quick to twist words in order to exaggerate as much as possible nor did I state anything remotely close to the idea that "people should only receive positive email on a public forum."Young-minded?I forgot that most of y'all are either young in age or just young-minded and just see this as a fat person complaining.
The idea is that a person who is overweight is automatically a poor example to children is absurd and that a parent could be instilling those values in their children can lead to the mentality that people who are viewed as lower on their scale of acceptability does lead to a sort of bullying. Sure, people can automatically dismiss it as, "You're fat and you can change that, how dare you relate it to other injustices" but the point remains that it's unfair to see someone due to any aspect of their physical appearance and judge them as bad people or unsuitable examples to children.
FYI: I'm skinny so it has nothing to do with me and as I stated earlier, I agree obesity is a huge (no pun) problem but this is bigger (pun?) than that.
The term is immature, Mr. Grandpa.
Anyways, since you're Mr. Mature, and no one else is, then I guess people should only receive positive email on a public forum.
Remember. Free speech protects the views of the minority as well.
She took the comments to heart and wasted local broadcasting time because someone said something she didn't like.
I see what you are saying but she brought light to something that did not need extra exposure since bullying is a popular topic in the media these days. Her story is not motivational in any sense of the word. She essentially said it is ok to be fat like it's some disability that can't be reversed. Instead she should have used her platform to promote a healthy lifestyle that actually motivates kids instead of sheltering and coddling them.I forgot that most of y'all are either young in age or just young-minded and just see this as a fat person complaining.
The idea is that a person who is overweight is automatically a poor example to children is absurd and that a parent could be instilling those values in their children can lead to the mentality that people who are viewed as lower on their scale of acceptability does lead to a sort of bullying. Sure, people can automatically dismiss it as, "You're fat and you can change that, how dare you relate it to other injustices" but the point remains that it's unfair to see someone due to any aspect of their physical appearance and judge them as bad people or unsuitable examples to children.
FYI: I'm skinny so it has nothing to do with me and as I stated earlier, I agree obesity is a huge (no pun) problem but this is bigger (pun?) than that.