Bill Maher: "Being Fat Is A Bad Thing";
When Did It Become Taboo To
Talk About Getting Healthy?
Real Clear Politics,
by
Ian Schwartz
Original Article
Posted By: M2,
9/8/2019 6:51:20 AM
Bill Maher addressed the obesity epidemic in a monologue he delivered Friday night at the end of his program 'Real Time' on HBO. Maher criticized the culture that protects people from judging others, especially when it comes to "fat-shaming."
Maher said fat-shaming doesn't need to end, it needs to make a comeback. The comedian said shaming and judging are necessary and the first step in reform.
"I know this is a controversial thing to say now in today's America but being fat is a bad thing," Maher said. "We shouldn't taunt people about it. And overeating shouldn't be singled out as the only vice. It isn't. We all have something.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Lazyman 9/8/2019 6:58:55 AM (No. 174392)
Re-education camps are usually the end result when the Socialists or Commies take over.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
chumley 9/8/2019 7:02:44 AM (No. 174393)
If you would not seek someone out for advice, pay no attention to their criticism.
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It seems to me that being stupid is worse than being overweight, Bill. So look in the mirror, you may see thin but then do you see what you really are too? That would be an indoctrinated nitwit.
I thought all you liberals and feminists were all about who we are not what we look like. Somehow it is all about celebrity and looks and perfection these days. Your hypocrisy knows no bounds, you pretend to support things like the Special Olympics and yet push destroying every person who may be born to compete in those games. Amazing how liberals think of themselves as perfection and somehow we should all be aiming for their utopia. "Utopia", Mr Bill, is a book and a word, which St Thomas More made up and it means "nowhere" and that is what you and your ilk are constantly trying to lead us to. It is a nightmare place where there are no imperfections and sooner or later the "perfect" police are going to come for you.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
ARKfamily 9/8/2019 7:38:09 AM (No. 174418)
It is all about choices. Democrats want to tell you what to choose. Sorry I don't buy into their mantra. My choices are about what God wants from me. He spells it out in the Bible.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Safari Man 9/8/2019 7:56:16 AM (No. 174431)
Was Michael Moore a guest?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
VELOX 9/8/2019 7:58:06 AM (No. 174433)
Holy Crap Batman! I finally found a topic where I agree with Maher.
I hat the guy with a passion, but even a broken clock is correct twice a day.
Fat has become part of the left wings PC agenda. The want to protect fat, so fat people vote for them.
When I was 30, I looked at 18 year old girls and said darn, they certainly didn’t make them like that when I was a teen! Now I look at 18 year old girls and say , damn I am glad they didn’t make them like that when I was a teen!
Being overweight is a killer. It kills getting out of the house and experiencing nature, it causes s more global warming because it takes more energy to produce the food fat people eat, it deposits fat in your liver killing you slowly and it deposits in your cardiovascular system sapping energy as it kills you.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
paral04 9/8/2019 8:08:08 AM (No. 174436)
For once I agree with this guy. People chose to be obese.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
shesky 9/8/2019 8:08:23 AM (No. 174437)
Mar is a disgusting human being.Being fat is hormonal condition having to do with more with heredity and what you eat rather than how much you eat. And for years our very own experts told us to eat a low fat diet. Which means high sugar. That's why there is more fat people. Not any character issue that Mar is insinuating.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
schweikid11 9/8/2019 8:20:05 AM (No. 174441)
I don't often agree with Bill, but I do on this issue. Most of our health problems are caused by what we eat. And when the government gets involved, it usually gets worse.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
franq 9/8/2019 8:31:09 AM (No. 174442)
When I got married in 1977, I weighed about 170 pounds. Now I weigh 230. It's all muscle, I tell you. I still ride my bicycle for exercise every other day. But sitting at a desk since 1995 has taken a toll. No shaming. No judgement. But speaking from experience, carrying more weight than necessary never helps. If you think so, put on a 40 pound backpack and carry it around all day. See how you feel when you take it off in the evening. Processed foods have a big part in it, I believe. It's not just genetic.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Newtsche 9/8/2019 8:36:26 AM (No. 174446)
What about people with faces like cauliflowers, who's watching out for them?
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 9/8/2019 8:40:15 AM (No. 174451)
When? I'd say that the moment Bill Maher mentioned it. Why he thinks he is our social arbiter is beyond me.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
fayebeck 9/8/2019 9:07:42 AM (No. 174471)
#1 no need for re-education camps. Public schools (those are the ones with dedicated "teachers") take care of that. The rest (deplorables) will be shot.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
edgar 9/8/2019 9:39:50 AM (No. 174489)
He should have Dave Chappelle on his show if he wants to talk about fat shaming. Dave is up for the job and since he is not a white guy, he can get away with it.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
BarryNo 9/8/2019 9:54:31 AM (No. 174496)
Bill, you idiots started the whole "you can't criticize me" thing. Of course, you exempt yourselves, but YOU IDIOTS ARE TO BLAME!!!
I'm expecting this chump to start blaming Conservatives for this.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
chillijilli 9/8/2019 10:02:16 AM (No. 174497)
People make choices and they are ultimately responsible for those choices. As long as they don't break the law and they respect the equal rights of others, what is the problem?
Maher has just exposed himself as a biased, prejudiced and intolerant person.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
ZeldaFitzg 9/8/2019 10:06:50 AM (No. 174502)
Disliking the messenger doesn't mean we shouldn't consider the message. Many things about the changes in weight perception horrify me these days, but I am really horrified to see restaurant food portions. They keep getting larger and larger. And I'm not talking about Joe's Diner; I'm talking about the medium-upscale restaurants that I frequent. Spending time in an airport recently has reminded me of how overweight we are as a culture. Spending time in Walmart is even worse in that regard.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Chuzzles 9/8/2019 10:32:25 AM (No. 174528)
If only Liberals would wage a war on the meatheads in this country. Now that is very bad. We have been watching the fruits for the past three years, seeing violence and temper tantrums over the Will of the Voters.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
udanja99 9/8/2019 10:48:04 AM (No. 174554)
Oh, please, #8. People may have a genetic pre-disposition to gain weight but that can be controlled through eating healthy foods, controlling portion size and being active. I know because I come from a family in which every one of us has a tendency to easily gain weight but we have all learned to control it through self discipline and not one of us is overweight at all. I have basically been on a “diet” since I was about 12 years old. At 67 years of age, I am 5’4” and weigh 118 pounds. Being obese is a choice.
The left has been telling us for years that we are not responsible for our actions and our life situations, that someone else is. So why would someone like Maher be surprised by the obesity epidemic?
If the left ever gets their way and enforces “Medicare for all”, the first people who will be denied medical care will be the obese. Need a knee replacement? We won’t touch you until you lose X number of pounds. Got type 2 diabetes? We won’t treat you until you lose X number of pounds.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
earlybird 9/8/2019 11:57:35 AM (No. 174645)
I am very disturbed by the great numbers of fat young people I see around. Fat is not just genetic. It can be inherited when bad eating habits are passed down through a family, generation after generation. Mostly it is about consuming more calories than one burns off as energy.
We were far more active than many (not all) of today’s kids are. We started young with games that involved running, playground equipment that required exertion. We walked to school. We had better playgrounds with better equipment, and more time was allotted to our using them. We rode bikes everywhere. For miles. Up and down hills. Our Mother was not our chauffeur.
We drank milk instead of soda. Desserts in our house were simple. And not on the table every day. We ate fresh fruit. But mostly we consumed far more calories by being very active than we consumed.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Corndoggies 9/8/2019 12:16:42 PM (No. 174663)
I’ve lost 22 lbs. The first 13 were on the “I found out my husbands cheating on me” diet and I had no idea I was losing weight. I don’t recommend it. The next 9 were on purpose. I’m posting this here now because I don’t think very many people will see it but I need to get it off my chest. Some days are better than others and this hasn’t been a good one.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Lucky5 9/8/2019 12:19:55 PM (No. 174665)
Who is this hateful mans audience. I guess the same people who watch Maddow and the View, right?
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
earlybird 9/8/2019 6:13:31 PM (No. 174888)
If I didn’t see Maher here, I would not be aware whether he was alive or dead.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Catherine 9/8/2019 7:12:04 PM (No. 174927)
I'm always glad to see the wonderful people who eat well, exercise and lead wonderful, fat free lives commenting on these articles. I'm sure they mean to be kind to those who are overweight by holding themselves up as an example of how we are all to lead our lives. Thank you all for your effort to correct those who have weight problems. Can't tell you how meaningful your care and concern is. Of course, you will die one day, too, you know.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
anonymous 9/8/2019 11:51:45 PM (No. 175030)
Having a bit of fat on you is not necessarily bad for you but the do-gooders would have us believe that it's a national emergency just like they do with climate change. Fat is a necessary part of the human body and, even if you have subcutaneous fat - which is what makes us appear fat to others - it's not necessarily a form of obesity. Fat and obese can be mutually exclusive.
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Spoken like a true liberal. Everybody knows that being fat is unhealthy, but Bill Maher wants to tell you what to eat and how much to weigh. They just can’t help themselves.