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cjsdowg posted...

When you label yourself with negative terms, it reinforces harmful stereotypes and beliefs associated with being overweight. You are not just a fat f---. Such self-labeling can be a form of resignation, AKA a cop out. Oh I am a fat f---- so I can't do anything about it. Join us at the Health and Wellness Social , stop calling yourself bad things, and call yourself a warrior because you are going to put the work in.

Words have definitions.

Should we stop calling an addict an addict?
Should we stop calling an alcoholic an alcoholic?
There's so many negative labels that definitively describe people as it has a definition.

We agree those people shouldn't be made fun of. The only stereotypes being reinforced here is if on top of being what you are, you are also not trying to improve on those problem or worse doing things that adding to the problem.

What isn't helpful is pretending they aren't the definition of the very word, as some form of denial or bargaining with the facts