NYC ordinance banning ‘body size discrimination’
goes into effect
American Thinker,
by
Olivia Murray
Original Article
Posted By: Hazymac,
11/27/2023 10:16:01 AM
In early October, I wrote a blog on a social media “fatfluencer” whose very serious demands for widened hotel hallways and extra airplane seats for the morbidly obese had rolled her into my sphere of awareness. The young woman, who is in her mid-twenties, was petitioning businesses to adopt a “customer-of-size policy” and urging private establishments to provide “size-inclusive” amenities so that ultra-fat people could enjoy the same things as everyone else.
But, at the time I penned the essay, I had no idea that in New York City, an ordinance of this very nature was already on the books, and now it’s gone into effect.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
stablemoney 11/27/2023 10:22:16 AM (No. 1605745)
All vehicles will have to be redesigned as 300 pounders can't fit under the steering wheel comfortably. Chair capacities will have to be increased to 400 pounds to allow for the occasional fat person. Airlines will have to take out 2/3's of their seats. Sidewalks and doorways will need to be widened. Pots and pans will have to be doubled in size to accommodate larger meals.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
spacer 11/27/2023 10:26:36 AM (No. 1605749)
The morons have a four legged and two legged rat problem as in democRAT and they're writing laws against language. Perfect.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
redsiberia 11/27/2023 10:30:04 AM (No. 1605753)
If you don't at least try to discourage obesity, then the same people that you're trying to "help" will probably die at an earlier age then if they carried less weight. The government should be encouraging people to live healthier lives, not discouraging it.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Hazymac 11/27/2023 11:38:49 AM (No. 1605804)
We're in the Jardiance age with dancing, proud fatasses. Get used to it.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
mc squared 11/27/2023 11:54:11 AM (No. 1605819)
FTA: Body size discrimination affects millions of people every year, ...
Air travelers know that VERY well.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 11/27/2023 12:00:06 PM (No. 1605825)
I notice that most of the motorized carts at my grocery store get snapped up by the very obese customers, and not those with true disabilities.. They don't actually have to have them, they just don't want to walk the aisles.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
bpl40 11/27/2023 12:27:13 PM (No. 1605839)
To all “size challenged” or fatsos for short, people out here - Why don’t you try some self control for a change?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
dbdiva 11/27/2023 1:03:41 PM (No. 1605860)
#3: IMO, with all the things the government has done in the last several years specifically to harm/kill us I doubt they're interested in encouraging us to be healthy. I gather the virus and the jab didn't quite reduce the population as much as they had hoped. Everyone knows or should know that being overweight causes so many health problems it would not be outside the realm of possibility that the government would decree "Fat's Where It's At" to help promote and protect an unhealthy lifestyle. The NWO is right around the corner ~ or so they think ~ there's still a little time left to reduce the population to more manageable numbers.
Sorry to say, this "government" doesn't wish us well at all. I apologize for my cynicism.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
hershey 11/27/2023 1:16:25 PM (No. 1605867)
Don't forget, you are also no longer able to discriminate against people because of hair styles...and watching some newscasters, their hairdos are disasters....
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
aasilver 11/27/2023 1:25:49 PM (No. 1605875)
You can't design a car, a chair, airline/train/bus seat to accomadate the wide range of humans. A male 6'0" to 7' 0" basketball player cannot fite in a 'normal' size vehicle/seat designed to accomidate a small or normal sized woman.
Liberals NEVER have to deal with the consequence of their idiotic actions.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Hermit_Crab 11/27/2023 2:26:32 PM (No. 1605906)
So, does this mean that tiny children can ride the dangerous carnival rides? You know, the ones that have signs in front of them that say "You must be ___ THIS tall to ride"?
And How about the next re-make of The Wizard of OZ... Does this mean that when casting for Munchkins, they have to hire Jason Momoa, Dwayne Johnson , Dolph Lundgren etc?
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
RayLRiv 11/27/2023 2:51:43 PM (No. 1605920)
Would love to see how the NYPD enforces this
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Catherine 11/27/2023 5:47:36 PM (No. 1605991)
I realized long ago that some people who don't have weight issues think it's because they do everything right. Not so. We can accept body difference in everything except weight. You can be a drunk or drug addict and have a 'disease.' But if you are overweight, you are lazy and eat too much. That's true for some people, but not for everyone. The topic of weight just gives people a freebie to insult people they know nothing about.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
lynngirl122 11/27/2023 6:22:43 PM (No. 1606000)
So does this mean I can be a Rockette?
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
padiva 11/27/2023 8:44:37 PM (No. 1606063)
I work at a big box store. The clothing for the larger sizes cost more.
Should a small size shirt cost the same as a 4 XLT(tall) shirt?
Should pricing be done by measuring the square footage of fabric?
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No, I will not affirm or endorse fat people. It is a sure sign that the wearer has no self-discipline. Eat less and/or exercise more. That takes work, of course...... I'm here to tell you.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
ironchefw 11/27/2023 10:00:38 PM (No. 1606100)
The only way to counter fat acceptance is to claim that it is bad for Climate Change.
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