fivepercent

just gonna leave this here…

Because I have a strong suspicion that you wouldn't even silently agree with that sentiment when looking at a "facing my biggest fear, wearing a swimsuit at the beach" pic featuring a skinny person seated in a wheelchair, or a person with prosthetic limbs, or a person who'd had a mastectomy. You almost certainly wouldn't leap to the defense of a total stranger who insulted them by going "wHAT do you EXPECT?? that’s so unhealthy??"

So is that because you look at people in those situations with pity? Because they're inspirational or some uwu shit like that? Is it because they're VICTIMS and that makes them blameless? (Because lol the first two could have easily become disabled because of drinking and driving, or any number of scenarios involving their own choices? Ones potentially far worse than the crime of EATING FOOD.) Or is it just because viciously mocking people who look disabled is so widely understood to be inappropriate, and so egregiously violates social norms, you never stopped and thought about the fact that the logic here is inconsistent? I mean, why aren’t you taking this PEOPLE WHO DON’T LOOK HEALTHY GOTTA EXPECT TO HEAR MEAN THINGS crusade to the Special Olympics?? You’re the pragmatic voice of reason! You tell it like it is! (Your tax dollars might be paying for their health care!!)