I've always had a love/hate relationship with Maher. I feel that he missed out on an important point, though.
Fat acceptance is not just about body positivity, but also acceptance of ingredients that are known to cause obesity. Call me a conspiracy theorist, but it seems that the food industry is riding on the coattails of fat acceptance in order to continue using cheap, dangerous ingredients, like high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated fats, without any objection.
"They should stop putting HFCS in our food. That is the primary cause of the obesity epidemic."
I've always had a love/hate relationship with Maher. I feel that he missed out on an important point, though.
Fat acceptance is not just about body positivity, but also acceptance of ingredients that are known to cause obesity. Call me a conspiracy theorist, but it seems that the food industry is riding on the coattails of fat acceptance in order to continue using cheap, dangerous ingredients, like high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated fats, without any objection.
"They should stop putting HFCS in our food. That is the primary cause of the obesity epidemic."
"That's fatphobic, you bigot."