Yay! I totally love these posts of you Lord J.
The beginning with the herd stuff was very interesting, and it doesn't just fit to this one prejudices. I am someone who hates prejudices, and I nearly always tell someone, whoever it is, teacher, parent, friend or whatever, if they make a prejudiced remark, they suck(this is dangerous, though). Is there a real difference between prejudices? Sure, the "reason", but all in all, it's all the same: judging bad about a group in generel, and since we are all supossed to be individuals(even if most more behave like only following the herd), we should know better.
This example, the fat bashing, is sadly very active(uhm...sry not fitting word) here. At school, people are always like: "boah look, she is fat, it would be something for you", and at this time, I always leave the group, because nearly nothing is lower than this judging.
Yeah, well, what did I want to say again... ah yes:
*stand up and claps*
You seem to be one of these rare persons who are as prejudiceless as possible, but as stupid as it may sound, even if people read your post, they won't change their opinion(most won't), because these wide ranged prejudices make "them"(the group at school for example) feel superiour, and people like feeling that way, so they won't stop.
I was picked on at school for different reasons(Saying what I think and standing behind that; Not wanting to belong to "teh grup"; sexuel preference etc.), so I think I can slightly imagine how the "fat people" feel if people point at them, and for those who don't, believe it, it is nothing you want to experience.
Somehow every new paragraph is talking about a different thing...I need to learn writing better.
I hope a few people here will realize that prejudices are just stupid, and maybe, just maybe, some will try teaching others that they are wrong. We can't change humanity, but we at least can try(woah, poetic attempt)
Oh, I'm skinny, too, but I eat nearly as much as my 10 year old sister and 19 year old brother together.
~ 1.85 m high and 66 kg.
BTW, if I say I see people who are around my weight more attractive than people who weight much more, would this be a prejudice or just preference? Because this doesn't mean I don't like people weighting more, it just says what I find more attractive(and this doesn't descriminate the "fat" ones, does it?).
Thanks again for the post Lord J esq., I feel good reading that people think like me in a few points.
Oh, and that's how it looks like if I write down my thoughts. *blushes*
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