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It seems that a thread today on a fat hate site suggesting that people -mail me and ask why I don’t support airline tickets being based on passenger weight.
Setting aside the fact that some particularly muscular and/or tall people would likely flip out, assuming that this wasn’t meant for them but was only supposed to be a means of punishing fat people, there’s the fact you can’t tell whether or not someone will fit in a seat by their weight, so it wouldn’t do anything for people who complain that about having to sit next to a fat person. But those aren’t the real reasons that it’s not ok.
The real reason is that we are not self-loading cargo, we are people, customers, and we alldeserve the same experience – travel from one place to another in a seat that accommodates us.
It’s not luggage. It’s my body.
While we’re at it:
It’s not a representation of greed or capitalism or any other metaphor. It’s my body.
It’s not a picture without a head to accompany yet another OMGDEATHFAT article. It’s my body
It’s not a stand-in for my physical or mental health. It’s my body.
It’s not for you to judge. It’s my body
Do you get it? It’s my body. So back off.
My body is far too valuable to be treated like a car whose worth is lowered because of some wear and tear. It’s far too astounding to be a metaphor or a political statement. It’s far too complicated to run on the same formula used to fuel a lawn mower. It is far too profound to be reduced to a ratio of weight and height. And it is far too amazing to be judged by anyone.
Because it’s my body.
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