Hi Musers, it’s a pretty damned upset CMoo who is writing to you today. My regular visitors will know that I post on Thursdays and Sundays so what’s with this new blog post on a Friday? The answer is I saw something on Instagram that upset me so much I simply couldn’t stay silent until Sunday. I feel like if I don’t do something to speak out I’ll either explode, break my hand punching something, or burst into tears and enter another period of depression. It was one of the most awful examples of the hatred of fat people I’ve ever seen.

WTF!?

What was it I saw that was so bad? It was on retweet on The Fatphobia Slayer’s page and it was this…

This poor girl who had her whole life ahead of her is dead. This is a tragedy! Think of her family who loved her and will miss her for the rest of their lives. What about her friends who will never be able to hang out with her or laugh with her again. Think of all the things she’ll never get to do…go to university, fall in love, get married, have kids, grow old. She deserved all of these things. Being fat does not make her a non-entity, a blob, or something just there to be ridiculed!

This is the reaction of the people who shared it.

I feel the same way. Seriously when did it become ok to not even have a shred of decency? Not one tiny bit of compassion in your heart? Not a single acknowledgment that this poor girl was more than just her weight? If you ever had any doubts about how big a problem the hatred of fat people in society is I hope that these disgusting comments will lay them to rest.

Yes, there are fat people. Yes, I am fat and ok with being fat. No, that is not all I am! I am intelligent, caring, compassionate, funny, well-read, a passionate supporter of animal rights, a passionate opposer of all forms of discrimination and bias, I’m an excellent cook and baker and I love to read. Why is it so many people just look at the first point and stop caring? Fat people are people like anyone else! They do not lose their human rights for carrying extra weight. If you can’t understand that then you’re a fucking asshole!

I can’t even express how upset this has made me. I knew that there was hatred of fat people everywhere but seriously!? This bad? This unfeeling? I will be back in a couple of days as the usual upbeat CMoo but right now I just need to recover. Take care of yourselves and each other musers.

Love CMoo