People are fighting over the word Obese again. Is it a slur or not?

[Neydelinska Spearsi]

Twitter erupts over claim the word ‘obese’ is a slur ‘used to dehumanize us and harass us’

 

A "vegan leftist" faced backlash earlier this week after she tweeted the term "obese" is a dehumanizing "slur."

Twitter user @hutchleah posted her thoughts on the offensive nature of the term "obese" to Twitter Monday, claiming it was "a slur … used to dehumanize us and harass us."

Many reminded the user that "obese" is actually a technical term denoting someone with a high body fat content. 

 

 

 

By Friday afternoon her tweet had been viewed over 2.4 million times and had received thousands of comments and retweets. 

The tweet even received an official community-based fact check from Twitter that cited relevant information from the World Health Organization. It stated, "Obese is a technical term. According to the WHO, ‘Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health. A body mass index (BMI) over 25 is considered overweight, and over 30 is obese.’"

 

 

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Twitter erupts over claim the word ‘obese’ is a slur ‘used to dehumanize us and harass us’

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Twitter users slammed an account for tweeting that the term "obese" is a dehumanizing "slur" against fat people that should no longer be used.

 

 

 

[cocodeluxe]

Who takes posts like her‘s serious anymore?

[Martini]

It’s not. 

 

[Haha-Hehe-Haha-Ho]

It’s not a slur but I think it’s in poor taste to use it outside a technical context like a medical setting or a scientific research paper. Otherwise, calling someone obese, even if they are, is quite rude. 

Firstly, fat people know they’re fat so pointing it out is only mean spirited. Secondly, there’s many reasons people struggle with obesity and we should show them kindness, dignity, respect and encouragement.

[rik]

Like it’s not a slur, but as mentioned above it can be very rude an uncalled for, in particular if you’re using it to shame someone. I remember even three years ago when Stan Twitter adopted the random ‘fat’ no context joke, and while I used it it was quite weird to be using it as someone with an ED. In retrospect I hate that too lol

[Neydelinska Spearsi]

44 minutes ago, cocodeluxe said:

Who takes posts like her‘s serious anymore?

 

47 minutes ago, cocodeluxe said:

Who takes posts like her‘s serious anymore?

 

39 minutes ago, Martini said:

It’s not. 

 

 

Quick scroll through her twitter. She called herself fat.

 

 

[Steve W]

I think  everyone needs to stop being so sensitive.

[jordeezy river red]

It's a medical term, not a slur. Just because it is embarrassing, that does not mean it is a bad word. 

[Brat]

Is fat pig a slur?

[WeatherBOI]

I'm 6 foot even and 302 pounds, so by definition I'm morbidly obese. People don't think that however because I don't look like it and quite a bit of the weight is muscle. In fact, some people have just called me "chubby" - not even fat.

Regardless, I've never considered obese a slur, it's literally a medical definition.

[IsraeliMatt]

Obese isn't a slur and life-threatening health problems aren't either. Everyone doesn't need to live in denial just because some want to. 

[Jesse James]

She should hire Xtina’s dancers. 

[WeatherBOI]

41 minutes ago, Jesse James said:

She should hire Xtina’s dancers. 

Let's not 

[Stefani]

It literally means someone who is overweight, which goes for a lot of people irl (especially us Americans).

[stanLOONA]

It isn't.

[Groundbreaking]

jesus h christ like get some brain cells girl, it's a normal medical term. What's next? We should stop call humans "humans" because it's an outdated term that does 'more harm than good?' If you find it so inappropriate, don't use the word but I dunno what this drama is about. Like, you don't like it → ok, your business. You want it to be eradicted → I don't see any valid reason why. Aholes like her makes me despise people so much actually Obvi, there are times when this word is thrown around like unnecessarily but this is not the case. Grow some brain cells. 

4 hours ago, Neydelinska Spearsi said:

 

 

 

Quick scroll through her twitter. She called herself fat.

 

 

Is that dude in the Twitter video you?

Edited January 10, 2023 by Groundbreaking

[LeglessJamie]

I honestly can't with the woke people. It has come this far we can't call things as what they are.

Gay is also being used as a slur, yet NOBODY makes a point of it. It isn't the word that's the problem, it's those people that use it to hurt people what the problem really is.

Making of choosing a different word to call something doesn't change A SINGLE THING, they eventually use that word as a slur too.

So instead of people getting angry about a word, they should get angry about how certain humans get raisef by their folks.

Edited January 10, 2023 by Midnights

[MissSpearsSaysSo]

No it’s not a slur. If you’ve gotten so big, that your body starts to exhibit an unhealthy shape, baggy, saggy and frankly unattractive..  that’s a big problem. No one ever goes to the gym to gain fat, that’s for damn sure. No one has an excuse not to attempt to adhere to a healthy lifestyle. Calling out “fat shamers” because you don’t enjoy the objective truth, is no body positivity, it’s denial. And that’s wrong. 

[PinkBarbie]

Nowadays people are so sensetive, no it's not ok to be "obese", the word means being unhealthily overweight

Sad how they encourage being unhealthy

[Neydelinska Spearsi]

2 hours ago, Groundbreaking said:

jesus h christ like get some brain cells girl, it's a normal medical term. What's next? We should stop call humans "humans" because it's an outdated term that does 'more harm than good?' If you find it so inappropriate, don't use the word but I dunno what this drama is about. Like, you don't like it → ok, your business. You want it to be eradicted → I don't see any valid reason why. Aholes like her makes me despise people so much actually Obvi, there are times when this word is thrown around like unnecessarily but this is not the case. Grow some brain cells. 

Is that dude in the Twitter video you?

I'm just trying to keep exhell alive And no, the guy in the video isn't me.