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Maria Kang issues 'First and Final Apology' for 'What's your excuse?' post
UPI ^ | October 16, 2013 | UPI

Posted on 10/16/2013 12:48:24 PM PDT by 11th Commandment

California mom Maria Kang posted a Faceook photo of herself showing off six-pack abs in a sports bra and shorts posing with her three sons aged 3, 2 and 8 months, alongside the caption “What’s Your Excuse?” and the backlash has been extreme.

The photo has received more than 12,000 Facebook shares and 16,000 comments. Most of them have not been complimentary and accuse Kang of mocking overweight mothers.

"I don't feel this motivates people all that much, it's sorta just a prideful brag thrown onto Facebook in front of many women's faces just to tease and mock them," wrote one critic.

"Right...I'm sure she has a nanny doing all the work while she works out all day," commented another.

Another commenter suggested "something like - 'You Can!', 'It's Achievable!', 'It's Worth It!', would make more of a statement that appeals to more women without assuming we all are making excuses!"

Kang, 32, has gotten used to all the negativity.

(Excerpt) Read more at upi.com ...


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To: Paisan

Its not fair !! (lol /sarc) to judge american women against asian women in the wight and size category,,, imho


41 posted on 10/16/2013 2:29:49 PM PDT by ßuddaßudd (>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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To: 11th Commandment

Egregious silliness.

America’s in the sh*tter and going down fast,and people are worried about the shape of their tummies?

Maybe once Obama and the Democrats have crashed the dollar, people will find it impossible to buy food - at which point, EVERYONE’S “abs” will be visible.


42 posted on 10/16/2013 3:04:20 PM PDT by Jack Hammer (American)
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To: posterchild
Millions who would have never heard of her now know about her business because of all these apologies.

Bingo!

43 posted on 10/16/2013 3:05:33 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("The heart of the matter is God's love. It always has been. It always will be."~Abp. Chaput)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

Rush Limbaugh is hardly an example of how to create a family that builds a healthy society.


44 posted on 10/16/2013 3:06:24 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("The heart of the matter is God's love. It always has been. It always will be."~Abp. Chaput)
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To: colorcountry

Wow, natural blondes! Only one of my 10 got that gene, plus two redheads and a batch of various browns.


45 posted on 10/16/2013 3:07:49 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("The heart of the matter is God's love. It always has been. It always will be."~Abp. Chaput)
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To: 11th Commandment

Not the slightest bit guilty.


46 posted on 10/16/2013 3:08:30 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Tax-chick

Well, we had the genes for blonde hair, but I also had the genes for big babies and stretch marks. Luckily this little lady Mrs. King had smaller babies and no stretch marks. That doesn’t come from hard work, it comes from genetics.

Whatever these posters say, not every woman can pop out kids, work out and look terrific. It isn’t just that. I was able to keep a trim and muscular body, but my tummy was a network of stretchmarks. No amount of diet, exercise and hard work were going to get rid of those.


47 posted on 10/16/2013 3:18:07 PM PDT by colorcountry (The gospel will transform our politics, not vice versa (Romans 12:1,2))
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To: colorcountry

I’ve got stretch marks like the surface of the moon, myself. Maybe her advertising photo has been Photoshopped.


48 posted on 10/16/2013 3:23:59 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("The heart of the matter is God's love. It always has been. It always will be."~Abp. Chaput)
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To: 11th Commandment

Not guilty.


49 posted on 10/16/2013 3:55:53 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: Eagle of Liberty
“NO APOLOGIES NEEDED! It is a shame that women in general treat each other with such hostility.”

Both statements are true! It's going to take another few hundred years to begin to change that. And it will require honest men and women to accomplish the change. We are in seriously short supply of both.

50 posted on 10/16/2013 5:11:56 PM PDT by sarasmom (Extortion 17. A large number of Navy SEALs died on that mission. Ask why.)
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To: 11th Commandment

Gee - Anybody that didn’t know that facebook and twitter are dominated by leftists would be tempted to care about their criticism.


51 posted on 10/16/2013 5:20:12 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks 11th Commandment.


52 posted on 10/16/2013 6:00:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Funny, but not true. That was when the kids were young. We moved 13 years ago deeper into the woods, and now it’s 1/2 mile to the mailbox, and she walks up and back 2x a day on normal days - 2 miles.

She is the one who is disciplined, not me. She gets all the credit. I would let her drive the tractor at least, but she wants to walk!

For years I ran the 4 mile loop around our country block, but arthritis under kneecaps has cut that run to a mile or so, walking the rest at a fast pace......


53 posted on 10/16/2013 7:21:59 PM PDT by Arlis (.)
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To: 11th Commandment
No one ever seemed to have a problem with Richard Simmons' license plate. Oh...but then he's of a protected species. Or, at least, is perceived to be. And perception is the reality these days, is it not?


54 posted on 10/17/2013 7:41:54 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (So Obama "inherited" a mess? Firemen "inherit" messes too. Ever see one put gasoline on it?)
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