Posted on 11/27/2023 6:05:25 AM PST by MtnClimber
In early October, I wrote a blog on a social media “fatfluencer” whose very serious demands for widened hotel hallways and extra airplane seats for the morbidly obese had rolled her into my sphere of awareness. The young woman, who is in her mid-twenties, was petitioning businesses to adopt a “customer-of-size policy” and urging private establishments to provide “size-inclusive” amenities so that ultra-fat people could enjoy the same things as everyone else.
But, at the time I penned the essay, I had no idea that in New York City, an ordinance of this very nature was already on the books, and now it’s gone into effect. From a report out at the New York Post yesterday:
A new city law that bans discriminating against someone because of their height or weight went into effect last week, six months after Mayor Eric Adams first signed the legislation.
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‘All New Yorkers, regardless of their body shape or size, deserve to be protected from discrimination under the law,’ NYC City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Councilman Shaun Abreu said in a joint statement Sunday.
‘Body size discrimination affects millions of people every year, contributing to harmful disparities in medical treatment and outcomes, blocking people from access to opportunities in employment, housing and public accommodations, and deepening existing injustices that people face,’ the statement added.
Here come the lawsuits! Landlords, business owners, and taxpayers beware.
How soon until a fat tenant demands changes to the living space on the dime of the property-owner with the full force of the judicial system behind him/her?
How long until a fat patron who feels embarrassed about his/her size blames a “discriminatory” business for his/her inability to enjoy a particular good or service?
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
You can tell that lawyers are behind this.
[[so that ultra-fat people could enjoy the same things as everyone else. ]]
“Enjoy the same things as everyone else”? Like walking 30 feet, or up a flight of stairs without huffing and puffing?
Oh and while we are at it, how about skinny people feeling shame for being skinny when they walk into a “large person’s shop”? Do they get to sue because their feelings are hurt? Do they get to demand that the shop or business restructure their extra large acc9m9dations, by downsizing so as not to hurt the feelings of skinny folks, and do so at their own expense?
Who gets to decide who’s feelings should “be protected”? And where do they draw the line?
Just another way for people to hate each other and cause trouble.
to comply with all the new regulations, businesses will have higher costs. which means they will have to charge more to consumers, which means higher prices to consumers, and they will have less funds to pay their employees, so lower wages for employees.
“A new city law that bans discriminating against someone because of their height or weight went into effect last week, six months after Mayor Eric Adams first signed the legislation.
So now instead of saying “Wow she’s fat” you should say “Thar she blows”
Ring the dinner bell for lawyers!
Feeding frenzy to ensue!
I have a 34” inseam.
Where’s MY pity party?!?
Carnival rides? Height? Weight?
I guess the price all goods and services will have to be calculated by the pound.... not the weight of the product...the weight of the consumer.
The first threats of lawsuits will be against the New York City police and fire departments who will be forced to hire obese train wrecks.
Leftists beg to be victims, absolutely beg to be.
As far as airline tickets are concerned charge adults by the pound.
They are already enjoying more things than everyone else. More cake, chips, soda, pizza...
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