Fat shaming I regret!

If I had to list and rank the biggest regrets of my life, I would put "fat shaming" in the top five.

I never publicly put down a fat person, but I used to hate them strongly thanks to media influence.  Apart from "bears," pretty much all other areas of the gay community feel that way.

Really?  Are you that easily swayed?

• It's 100% necessary for the news media to be independent from interest groups so people can make their own decisions about issues.
• It is not immoral to eat more and exercise less than the media would like.  It's amoral—neither good nor bad.
• It's not a catastrophe that this lifestyle is being more and more the norm around the world.
• So what if life expectancy decreases?  The worst thing I can think of that might happen as a result is that gerontology could go the way of the 78 record, the VCR, and the Latin language.  Otherwise…