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Admirer2891:
Conservative and lover of fat here! That's all I'll say, I do exist.😊

52Percent:
To me it feels like people who are Conservative (especially those who have Christian beliefs) really seem to have quite a big no no when it comes to fat people. Especially when they are calling them “disgusting creatures”. Not to mention how it’s often a lot of anti-woke crowd really love to slam and burn up body positivity, especially now more than ever since its peak went downhill.

So I guess for the sake of this post is that is there any notable conservative who is fairly open minded about fat people and not vilifying them?? Or if not that if there’s anyone here who IS conservative I’d like to hear your thoughts.

(btw. I’m not a political person by nature I’m only talking from what I have been noticing)

M00fint0p:
I do hope you're able to research this topic a bit more rather than going off of assumptions... I do kind of worry this line of thinking has to do with feederism being tied to the LGBT+ community and the stereotyped disdain that American Conservatives (stereotyped as being more straight) have towards American Liberals (stereotyped as being more in the LGBT+ community). At the end of the day, political affiliation means very little - it's the behavior of the person that means the most. Generalizing a large group's behavior is rather reductive.
Do correct me if I'm wrong though! I also am politically unaffiliated, so I'm just rebounding of what I took from this statement. Would love to start a dialogue and get a stronger sense of what you mean.

M00fint0p:
I do hope you're able to research this topic a bit more rather than going off of assumptions... I do kind of worry this line of thinking has to do with feederism being tied to the LGBT+ community and the stereotyped disdain that American Conservatives (stereotyped as being more straight) have towards American Liberals (stereotyped as being more in the LGBT+ community). At the end of the day, political affiliation means very little - it's the behavior of the person that means the most. Generalizing a large group's behavior is rather reductive.
Do correct me if I'm wrong though! I also am politically unaffiliated, so I'm just rebounding of what I took from this statement. Would love to start a dialogue and get a stronger sense of what you mean.

Letters And Numbers:
It’s a thing. RFK jr coding right is a symbol of it and the parallel shift in the health and fitness influence culture taking a sharp rightward turn. And CrossFit. That’s always been far right. But you can go back more than a generation to see conservative pundits arguing against socialized healthcare because of all the fat people who would mess it up for everyone, so of course it can’t be done. Or saying SNAP (or other entitlements) should be cut because you can buy (insert kind of problematic food) and people who qualify for assistance are fat or might become fat or should just be living in austerity anyways because they’re fat. They might also mean “and women and minorities” but they usually feel ok about saying the fat part.

M00fint0p:
I do hope you're able to research this topic a bit more rather than going off of assumptions... I do kind of worry this line of thinking has to do with feederism being tied to the LGBT+ community and the stereotyped disdain that American Conservatives (stereotyped as being more straight) have towards American Liberals (stereotyped as being more in the LGBT+ community). At the end of the day, political affiliation means very little - it's the behavior of the person that means the most. Generalizing a large group's behavior is rather reductive.
Do correct me if I'm wrong though! I also am politically unaffiliated, so I'm just rebounding of what I took from this statement. Would love to start a dialogue and get a stronger sense of what you mean.

Letters And Numbers:
It’s a thing. RFK jr coding right is a symbol of it and the parallel shift in the health and fitness influence culture taking a sharp rightward turn. And CrossFit. That’s always been far right. But you can go back more than a generation to see conservative pundits arguing against socialized healthcare because of all the fat people who would mess it up for everyone, so of course it can’t be done. Or saying SNAP (or other entitlements) should be cut because you can buy (insert kind of problematic food) and people who qualify for assistance are fat or might become fat or should just be living in austerity anyways because they’re fat. They might also mean “and women and minorities” but they usually feel ok about saying the fat part.

M00fint0p:
Thanks for letting me know! I'm still very new to this lifestyle so I'm learning the ins and outs of what's too taboo to talk about 😅 Thanks for clarifying! I'm trying to stay as far away from hot topics of debate and conversation and stay as unbiased/unaffiliated as possible... I know that's quite a privileged thing to say, but I'm choosing to use this space as some place safe for me not to worry about such topics. I guess I didn't quite think that through before responding. Sorry, and thanks again.

Newenglander:
Political and religious generalizations paint an inaccurate picture regarding body positivity and fat acceptance.

Any Christian disparaging others' obesity should reassess how they reconcile such a stance with the beliefs they claim to espouse.

Nobody but Christ is infallible.

Admirer2891:
Conservative and lover of fat here! That's all I'll say, I do exist.😊