response 180 of 378:

Mar 8 18:34 UTC 2006

But seriously. I am not in denial about my own weight. I know I am fat. 
I am not in denial about my diet. I know it isnt all that great. I am 
not even in denial about the possibility that I might have an eating 
disorder and a somewhat fucked up relationship with food. What do you 
think I am using my weight as an excuse for?

I do find it interesting that whenever fat people try to point out the 
prejudices of others they are accused of being in denial. I see this a 
lot on some of the size-acceptance sites I read. People seem to have a 
real problem if a fat person questions the common view that fat people 
are gross or lazy or out of control. They also dont like it if fat 
people choose to question just how much control they have over their 
diets or metabolism or whatever. And it REALLY happens if they question 
the health risks of obesity or suggest that it might be anything less 
than a terminal condition. 

It reminds me a lot of a book I read about how people think. It was a 
book about how people think in frames and tend to discard information 
that doesnt fit with the frame they believe. People in this country 
tend to believe that everyone has control over every aspect of their 
lives. They believe that people who are poor are poor because they 
deserve to be and that rich people are better people than they are 
simply because they happen to be rich. Any evidence that poverty might 
be related to anything other than a person's effort is discarded. Same 
with weight.