The Growing Movement To Ban ‘Fat Phobia’ Nationwide

Without a lot of fanfare, a movement has been underway in this country for some time to outlaw the idea of “fat phobia,” which literally means “fear of fat people.” 

Of course, like most of the other new “phobias” that have been discovered in the past fifteen minutes or so, “fat phobia” is a misnomer. No one’s really afraid of fat people, just like no one’s afraid of people who call themselves transgender. People are afraid of being fat, however, which makes sense. A fear of being fat is really just a fear of heart disease and early death.