Diabetes jokes that feed into 'diabetes comes from being fat' are ONLY funny when said sarcastically by diabetics. If not its harmful as hell and leads to stigma, and misinformation that puts diabetics lives in danger. It's also just blatant fatphobia that is shitty as hell.
It pisses me off SO MUCH, when someones reaction diabetics is something that blames them for having the diseases. For example, the other day I saw a post talking about how much money insulin costs for their t1d son and how much free insulin would help them. I saw multiple responses blaming them for their son having diabetes. Which is just so messed up for a number of reasons.
T1d is NOT causes by unhealthy diet and/or being overweight . It is an autoimmune disorder that is genetic. T2D is also mainly caused by genetic factors. If your response to this is insulin should only be free to T1ds and certain 'good' t2d, you are only making it harder for ALL of us to get insulin.
2. If diabetes was caused by unhealthy eating and being overweight, that doesn't make it the persons who has diabetes fault. Unhealthy eating and being overweight is mostly seen in poverty which largely affects marginalized groups. It can also be caused by disabilities, and eating disorders.
3. Even in the hypothetical that diabetes was caused by unhealthy diets and that was the person who has the diseases fault they STILL deserve access to their medicine and to be treated with respect. Your empathy for someone shouldn't be affected by things like fatphobia and ableism.
