r/fatlogic

This guy had (and still has!) ample opportunity to avoid this situation, and yet the consequences of his actions are the Canadian government’s fault 🙃 All he has to do is… not gain 50 pounds. And based on other posts it sounds like he is already so heavy his care team can barely handle him as is.

Here is the rest of the post (the font is big so it would take an annoying amount of screenshots):

“Calling this premeditated murder on the part of the state is not exaggeration at all. They know that people in this level of bariatric care need physical assistance to turn in bed to prevent bedsores. By choosing to withdrawal physical assistance they are intentionally creating a scenario guaranteed to cause a bedsore. That bedsore will be left untreated because it cannot be accessed without turning the patient. And it will quickly become an abscess and lead to sepsis and organ failure within a week or less possibly. THIS IS MURDER. This is also a moment for our community to stand up and do something. Aside from the obvious legal intervention needed here there are a few other things that can be done. (she then lists some action items like starting a petition, etc) Whether it is moving him to another facility, getting his care home the proper equipment, or simply legally requiring the people in charge of his care to not murder him via intentional medical neglect. There are ways forward that allow everyone involved to retain their humanity and dignity. I don’t know him closely enough to start most of these. I don’t know the name of the care facility for starters. his full legal name, or how to get him access to funds for legal help. But at minimum I can spread the word about this. So that’s what I’m doing. I’m not going to stand by and do nothing while he is murdered for being fat. Please share this information as widely as possible..”

OOP had a BMI of 22.5

Medical fatphobia is real, and I can see an argument for the grooming comment, but the rest of this? You want to talk about oppression and you talk about something as serious as medical fatphobia and the harm it can cause, and not being to shop for new clothes in store, in the same "breath"?

Do fat people face prejudice? Absolutely, 100%, and its very unfair. Do fat people face oppression? Absolutely not. I dont think a fat person has ever tried to pass through a town, and had to make sure they already had a full tank because stopping in that town mean risking a horrible death.

I dont think a fat person has ever been married off as a child bride to someone old enough to be their father solely because they were fat.

I dont think 2 fat people have ever been seen walking down the street and been jumped and left with horrific injuries because people dont want to see fat love.

I loathe that they try to say they face oppression so much because it just shows they have no idea how deep oppression runs or how evil it is. Sorry, that stranger calling you porky pig was rude, uncalled for, and harrassment. Not oppression.

The sooner they stop trying to make their issues bigger than they are, the quicker we can get to actually solving the problems.

Provided screenshots of the links they cited as "proof", what are yalls thoughts?

For this specific kid he has diabetes and has to maintain a healthy weight which is why he makes content surrounding healthy recipes. The comments are full of people talking about how he’s just a kid and doesn’t need to lose weight and that he’s still growing.

I just wanted to talk about how these same people won’t be here when he’s a 200lbs teen and neither will all the people that promote childhood obesity under the guise of “but you’re growing” or “it’s just baby fat”. What about all of us who were fat kids and turned into fat teenagers and eventually into fat adults?

I wish my parents did something to keep my weight down despite me being young because it is debilitating and humiliating to be huge. When you start to become a teenager the same family mocks you for your weight and constantly nagging you about losing it while

they were feeding you god knows what as a child.

When you’ve been a big kid it’s so obvious when a child struggles with overeating , especially if they’re the only big one out of their group of friends. Prevention matters.

puberty is literally what gave me an hourglass figure little kids are built like thumbs

Obese patients are more than an inconvenience, moving an obese person can and has caused severe debilitating back injuries.

Fat people are free to receive healthcare, they are also free to turn it down.

Remember that lady who made a desk bigger for "non ozempic" people, well she did another desk and said this time she won't be changing it to fit modern bodies. And the comment completely ignores how the problem was saying that all thin people are on ozempic, not that the desk was bigger.