Should fattys & gingers be offered legal protection from slagging

Shiraz 4.99

So I can't belittle or degenerate Romas, itinerants or Muslims but it's open season on fatties & gingers.

Speaking as a representative of both he fat & ginger community this has proven to be an awful time of the year.
Operation Transformation just reached it's finale where every 2nd comment on social media is about how fat they still are or lay off the pies.
The Ed Sheeran thing has definitely heightened ginger awareness & the slagging that goes with it.

Were I to collectively abuse a member of the traveling community for being thieves I'd have Pavey Point threatening me with hate crimes & the like.
Why then must I laugh off the slings & arrows which comes with my body type & hair colour.

It's time to say stop & legislate for this sickening abuse which happens everyday.

Menas

You can lose weight and dye you hair.
But you cannot change your ethnicity or skin colour !

john the one

Trigger Happy wrote: »

You can lose weight and dye you hair.
But you cannot change your ethnicity or skin colour !

But you shouldn't have to

anncoates

This is pretty controversial, to be fair.

harry Bailey esq

Join a gym,dye your hair and quit whining carrot head











*jokes* I myself am mildly affected by the ginger gene,never was cursed with the red hair, but if I attempt a beard or goatee it grows out a fiery shade of red
PS.
A disproportionate amount of the finest women in the world have lovely red locks

PeteFalk78

Shiraz 4.99 wrote: »

Should fattys & gingers be offered legal protection from slagging

Gingers - Yes
Fattys - No

Jimoslimos

I don't get the ginger hate thing. Given that we have one of the highest number of redhaired people per head of population, seems the joke is on us.

Mushy

Obesity was declared under protection by discrimination laws there in December last year. European Court ruled on it. Fell under the disability section.

Nucular Arms

How fat are we talking here?

Ah nuts

Trigger Happy wrote: »

You can lose weight and dye you hair.
But you cannot change your ethnicity or skin colour !

what about Michael Jackson.

Tilly

I'm a totall fatty. Rub my puddin while you slag me and it's all good.

Cookie_Monster

Mushy wrote: »

European Court ruled on it. Fell under the disability section.

how the **** is being a fatty lardass supposed to be an actual disability? EU :rolleyes:

eviltwin

How about not being a dickhead and leaving everyone alone?

zl1whqvjs75cdy

Is pavey point in the op an oblique reference to a travellers traditional form of income. If so I like it.

Gingers maybe should get some slack, but fatties can toddle off back to the treadmill with their indignation.

ShowMeTheCash

Mushy wrote: »

Obesity was declared under protection by discrimination laws there in December last year. European Court ruled on it. Fell under the disability section.

Jesus! Next we will not be able to discriminate against the lazy or incompetent!

Tilly

eviltwin wrote: »

How about not being a dickhead and leaving everyone alone?

Uh oh the fun police are out.

brevity

eviltwin wrote: »

How about not being a dickhead and leaving everyone alone?

Wishful thinking eviltwin, wishful thinking.

Duggy747

It's open game about smokers here about how people should quit and it's unhealthy for them but people who are fat / obese should be left alone.

kylith

PeteFalk78 wrote: »

Gingers - Yes
Fattys - No

I'd say the other way round. Sure gingers can dye their hair, but they'll always be ginger. Fat people can lose weight.

Mushy

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

how the **** is being a fatty lardass supposed to be an actual disability? EU :rolleyes:

ShowMeTheCash wrote: »

Jesus! Next we will not be able to discriminate against the lazy or incompetent!

It related more to employment law really, but here is a link:

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/dec/18/obesity-can-be-disability-eu-court-rules.

So not fully protected!

bjork

Trigger Happy wrote: »

You can lose weight and dye you hair.
But you cannot change your ethnicity or skin colour !

Dye your hair?
By that logic you can tattoo your skin. Skin colour is a choice.

Are we to start dying childrens hair at birth?

Menas

bjork wrote: »

Dye your hair?
By that logic you can tattoo your skin. Skin colour is a choice.

Sarcasm.....

ColeTrain

Diet ginger ale is the devils drink

eamonnq

kylith wrote: »

I'd say the other way round. Sure gingers can dye their hair, but they'll always be ginger. Fat people can lose weight.

I think that poster was agreeing with your stance

Gingers - Yes they should have protection

Fatties - No they can loose weight (unless it is some form of medical condition that causes issues ).

bjork

Trigger Happy wrote: »

Sarcasm.....

If you say so...

Mena

There's no difference between slagging off 'gingers' or 'fatties' and donning a white sheet, burning crosses and lynching the neighbourhood black family.

Some of you need to look in the mirror and give some serious thought to the utter crap you're spouting. Or go back to school.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Duggy747 wrote: »

It's open game about smokers here about how people should quit and it's unhealthy for them but people who are fat / obese should be left alone.

Yeah, but the question needs to be asked: why did you become a smoker and how did you get fat?

The_Valeyard

Next ye will want the freckley feckers into the camps!!!

eviltwin

Duggy747 wrote: »

It's open game about smokers here about how people should quit and it's unhealthy for them but people who are fat / obese should be left alone.

Nothing wrong with that just as there is nothing wrong with a reasonable discussion about the dangers of being overweight. Slagging though is different. If you've been that person minding your own business and some stranger shouts an insult at you it's not nice.

heroics

PeteFalk78 wrote: »

Gingers - Yes
Fattys - No

This but then again I don't mind the slagging for ginger hair as I am a day walker so not too bad and the lack of a soul comes in handy :P

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=daywalker

smash

Shiraz 4.99 wrote: »

The Ed Sheeran thing has definitely heightened ginger awareness & the slagging that goes with it.

Ginger awareness? You're not fecking unicorns. We know you exist...

Badly Drunk Boy

Duggy747 wrote: »

It's open game about smokers here about how people should quit and it's unhealthy for them but people who are fat / obese should be left alone.

Smoking affects the health of other people too. Being obese doesn't (unless they sit on you). :pac:

ColeTrain wrote: »

Diet ginger ale is the devils drink

Have you ever tried this?
http://www.oldjamaicagingerbeer.com/

I just had some this morning, from my local Spar. Lovely stuff!

smash

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

Smoking affects the health of other people too. Being obese doesn't (unless they sit on you). :pac:

obese people hurt me eyes!

keeponhurling

What about people with big ears ?

ShowMeTheCash

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

Smoking affects the health of other people too. Being obese doesn't (unless they sit on you). :pac:


Have you ever tried this?
http://www.oldjamaicagingerbeer.com/

I just had some this morning, from my local Spar. Lovely stuff!

No just the cost and time that is spent on obesity in our hospitals!

zl1whqvjs75cdy

Mena wrote: »

There's no difference between slagging off 'gingers' or 'fatties' and donning a white sheet, burning crosses and lynching the neighbourhood black family.

Some of you need to look in the mirror and give some serious thought to the utter crap you're spouting. Or go back to school.

Except fatties can lose weight in the vast majority of cases. People can't change the color of their skin.

bjork

Some people in this thread need to check their hair privilege

RomanKnows

Few things sexier in the world than a smoking hot red-headed lady. They need to be legally protected from fat neckbeard virgins living with their moms abusing them on the Internet.

RomanKnows

Few things sexier in the world than a smoking hot red-headed lady. They need to be legally protected from fat neckbeard virgins living with their moms abusing them on the Internet.

Mena

donkeyoaty0099 wrote: »

Except fatties can lose weight in the vast majority of cases. People can't change the color of their skin.

What's that got to do with anything?

Alexis Sanchez

Mena wrote: »

There's no difference between slagging off 'gingers' or 'fatties' and donning a white sheet, burning crosses and lynching the neighbourhood black family.

Some of you need to look in the mirror and give some serious thought to the utter crap you're spouting. Or go back to school.

LOL, what a stupid post.

Being black, brown or white isn't unhealthy. Being fat IS unhealthy.

There is undoubtedly something wrong with being fat--your health. Oh and let's not forget that us tax-payers have to foot the bill for any medical costs a person's weight problem incurs.

ShowMeTheCash

Mena wrote: »

There's no difference between slagging off 'gingers' or 'fatties' and donning a white sheet, burning crosses and lynching the neighbourhood black family.

Some of you need to look in the mirror and give some serious thought to the utter crap you're spouting. Or go back to school.

Go back to school? You making fun of the illiterate? You monster!
Also wise up!
People making a wise crack about red hair from what I have ever seen is done it jest, comparing that to someone in the KKK just makes you a moron!

I generally do not make fun of fat people I find it quite sad and totally avoidable.

eviltwin

Alexis Sanchez wrote: »

LOL, what a stupid post.

Being black, brown or white isn't unhealthy. Being fat IS unhealthy.

There is undoubtedly something wrong with being fat--your health. Oh and let's not forget that us tax-payers have to foot the bill for any medical costs a person's weight problem incurs.

No one is saying it's not unhealthy but how helpful is it to slag off someone?

ShowMeTheCash

eviltwin wrote: »

No one is saying it's not unhealthy but how helpful is it to slag off someone?

No one said it is helpful.

Mena wrote:

donning a white sheet, burning crosses and lynching the neighbourhood black family

The comparison is perhaps a little... hmm.. idiotic?

eviltwin

ShowMeTheCash wrote: »

No one said it is helpful.



The comparison is perhaps a little... hmm.. idiotic?

So why do it?

Nucular Arms

eviltwin wrote: »

So why do it?

Because it's hilarious.

ShowMeTheCash

eviltwin wrote: »

So why do it?

Why do a lot of things?

Also calling someone fat is simply stating the obvious.
Same as calling someone skinny or white or black or old or young or ginger or blond...

The reason people take offence to being called fat is because no one really want to be fat nor should they be fat excluding actual medical conditions.

One eyed Jack

Shiraz 4.99 wrote: »

So I can't belittle or degenerate Romas, itinerants or Muslims but it's open season on fatties & gingers.

Speaking as a representative of both he fat & ginger community this has proven to be an awful time of the year.
Operation Transformation just reached it's finale where every 2nd comment on social media is about how fat they still are or lay off the pies.
The Ed Sheeran thing has definitely heightened ginger awareness & the slagging that goes with it.

Were I to collectively abuse a member of the traveling community for being thieves I'd have Pavey Point threatening me with hate crimes & the like.
Why then must I laugh off the slings & arrows which comes with my body type & hair colour.

It's time to say stop & legislate for this sickening abuse which happens everyday.

Nice day for a spot of trolling.

eviltwin wrote: »

So why do it?

Because some people go out of their way to find something or someone to entertain themselves. This thread is a good example of it.

eviltwin

ShowMeTheCash wrote: »

Why do a lot of things?

Also calling someone fat is simply stating the obvious.
Same as calling someone skinny or white or black or old or young or ginger or blond...

The reason people take offence to being called fat is because no one really want to be fat nor should they be fat excluding actual medical conditions.

I don't understand why you would do it. I have an overweight husband. I will discuss my concerns about it with him but I would never slag him off. Making fun of someone is counterproductive. It's possible to discuss it without name calling or making jokes.

languagenerd

I dunno about legal protection, but I've never understood why some people who would never make racist comments about black people see no problem at all in saying similar things about redheads.

It comes from a very similar attitude - attacking/hating/judging/undervaluing someone based on the genetic traits that define their appearance.

And yet one is seen as fairly acceptable.

bjork

ShowMeTheCash wrote: »

Why do a lot of things?

Also calling someone fat is simply stating the obvious.
Same as calling someone skinny or white or black or old or young or ginger or blond...

The reason people take offence to being called fat is because no one really want to be fat nor should they be fat excluding actual medical conditions.

Calling some one ginger is hardly inventive. It too is also stating the obvious.

Most fat people are just lazy! medical conditions ? Most have medical conditions because they are fat