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Calling someone 'fatty' or 'obese' a hate crime in Britain
Daily News and Analysis ^ | May 30, 2012 | Stephen Adams

Posted on 05/30/2012 3:08:07 AM PDT by markomalley

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"Fatty" = Double Plus Ungood

Wonder when this political correctness gone mad will cross the shores here?

1 posted on 05/30/2012 3:08:11 AM PDT by markomalley
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I think Double Plus Ungood (though very clever on your part) is a weightist slur. Sorry, markomalley, we’re going to have to lock you up.


2 posted on 05/30/2012 3:15:02 AM PDT by samtheman (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2888480/posts?page=2#2)
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Numerous studies have shown that overweight people consistently underestimate how fat they are, and that those who are overweight when young are more likely to develop heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and cancer and die younger than those of a healthy weight.
All the perpetrators of those "numerous studies" are going to have to be tracked down and arrested. Such weightist slurs can't be tolerated and the perps don't get to hide behind so-called "science".
3 posted on 05/30/2012 3:17:30 AM PDT by samtheman (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2888480/posts?page=2#2)
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To: markomalley

This is so gay.


4 posted on 05/30/2012 3:18:47 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Like Emmett Till, Trayvon Martin has become simply a stick with which to beat Whites.)
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Calling someone 'fatty' or 'obese' a hate crime in Britain

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5 posted on 05/30/2012 3:21:37 AM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: markomalley
Wonder when this political correctness gone mad will cross the shores here?

I suppose the day will come when classic sayings will be stricken from the history books and deem unlawful to say.....

Fatty Fatty 2 by 4 Couldn't get through the bathroom door, So he did it on the floor, Licked it up and did some more!

Who needs the 1st amendment anyway?

6 posted on 05/30/2012 3:26:43 AM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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calling someone "fatty" or "obese" should be considered a hate crime

Then I guess lard ass or bubble butt is out of the question?

7 posted on 05/30/2012 3:28:09 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Sow the wind...reap the whirlwind!)
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Fatty fat fatty Glenn Beck will send himself to prison for centuries !
8 posted on 05/30/2012 3:34:02 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: markomalley

It is here; it is just a question of degrees. When us little people say these things, it is hate; when politicians do it is a “gaffe”.


9 posted on 05/30/2012 3:45:46 AM PDT by kearnyirish2
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Well, clearly we need literal Language Police, replete with a SWAT Team for the very vile speaker.


10 posted on 05/30/2012 3:47:51 AM PDT by Lazamataz (People who resort to Godwin's Law are just like Hitler.)
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I'd'a been impiracly (sic, disclaimer) executed b'cause o'my frequent, 'n oftimes misspelllings and improper usage of, ohhh ... say ... Marshall Law .. 'n overuse o'the apostrophe t'indicate lazy, colloquial speech patterns.

Or somethin' like that

11 posted on 05/30/2012 3:55:37 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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I guess I can see the “hate” in this (maybe) but where is the “ctime”? It is speech only. Sticks and stones etc. What happened to freedom of SPEECH?


12 posted on 05/30/2012 4:00:10 AM PDT by shalom aleichem
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To: shalom aleichem

“crime”


13 posted on 05/30/2012 4:01:38 AM PDT by shalom aleichem
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To: Lazamataz

Lazamataz, you are fined five credits for repeated violations of the verbal morality statute.

From “Demolition Man”:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106697/


14 posted on 05/30/2012 4:03:39 AM PDT by PastorBooks
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To: shalom aleichem

I don’t even see hate. In most cases, a remark about someone’s weight, though possibly insensitive, isn’t hate. The word hate, like the word love, is way overused.


15 posted on 05/30/2012 4:10:18 AM PDT by samtheman (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2888480/posts?page=2#2)
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To: PastorBooks

If weight is a problem , I suppose telling a hygenically impaired person that their Body odor is foul is definitely out of the question.

How do people come up with this crap?


16 posted on 05/30/2012 4:12:00 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: Venturer

I think Britain has “jumped the shark.” We’re next.


17 posted on 05/30/2012 4:23:44 AM PDT by PastorBooks
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To: PastorBooks

Demolition man is a great movie, it’s like a crystal ball predicting our future


18 posted on 05/30/2012 4:28:02 AM PDT by bigtoona
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To: RoosterRedux

Cartman: I’m not fat. I’m big-boned.

Stan: No, Jay Leno’s chin is big-boned. You are a big, fat ass.


19 posted on 05/30/2012 4:28:02 AM PDT by Recon Dad (Gas & Petroleum Junkie)
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To: markomalley

I suppose “pig-dog” and “infidel” are still OK though, along with any anti-semetic or anti-Christian slur that you can think up.


20 posted on 05/30/2012 4:28:18 AM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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