Everything that I said about obesity came from WedMD and other medical resources, and was linked. I don't do propoganda. I do facts (usually ones that challenge preconceived ideas) and that's what the latest research indicates.

Saying that insults should be expected is about as salient as saying women should expect to be harassed and raped. Just because people frequently do something doesn't make it an OK thing to do.

I used the example of Lizzo not to say that people shouldn't be hateful to each other (that's a given). It's to point out that what Lizzo does or doesn't do affects the rest of us not at all. It's only due to our social system which teaches us to constantly compare ourselves to each other that we tend to feel like that's just normal behavior. This is a large part of the point of this story - to show how it's actually aberrant behavior.

COVID is communicable. Obesity is not. Yes, some obese people are unhealthy, but you can't tell from looking at Lizzo (or anyone else) if she is healthy or not based solely on her weight. That's also the point. I don't know about you, but even around COVID I don't condone shaming or vilifying anyone. Someone without a mask may be an asshat or they may have a medical condition that precludes them wearing one, and since I don't know which just from looking at them, I'm not going to get in their face about it. There's a big difference between encouraging healthy behavior and attacking other people - particularly when you don't walk in their shoes.

"A U.S. study of 40,000 people published in European Heart Journal shows fitness is the key marker for health amongst obese people — as long as they are metabolically fit, they are at no greater risk of developing heart disease or cancer, compared to non-obese people."

Did you already read this from WebMD? I'll quote it one more time:

"Many overweight and obese Americans might be perfectly healthy when it comes to blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar levels -- while many thin folks may not be the picture of good health, a new study contends.

Using a government health survey, researchers found that nearly half of overweight U.S. adults were "metabolically healthy." That meant they had no more than one risk factor for type 2 diabetes and heart disease -- including high blood pressure, unhealthy cholesterol or triglyceride levels, elevated blood sugar, or high concentrations of C-reactive protein (a marker of inflammation in the blood vessels).

Among obese adults, 29 percent were deemed healthy -- as were 16 percent of those who were severely obese based on body mass index (BMI, a ratio of weight to height). On the other hand, more than 30 percent of normal-weight Americans were metabolically unhealthy."

Simply existing is not promoting anything. She was not advocating for anything other than self-acceptance (which could well turn out to be a highly positive and beneficial attribute should she decide to make any changes). As as I said to Remarkl, what you are essentially trying to justify is people attacking Lizzo for not being sufficiently ashamed of her body. They think she should be ashamed of it and are a bit miffed that she isn't. That's what this sort of "concern trolling" is about. And you're saying that this is understandable.

And my point is, even though it's commonplace, it's not necessary. People put all of their focus on judging everyone around them not just to constantly evaluate how they compare to them in the patriarchal zero-sum dynamic, but also to distract them from looking at themselves (which will probably be the topic of an upcoming story - so thanks for that).