WWWW III —
Hi there.
Remember me, your absentee landlord?
Well, after the Battle of the Bulge with the fat-hating Facebook Group, There’s a weight limit on leggings & skinny jeans, I think I can safely say that the war is over and we have triumphed over hate.
The group is a shell of its former self. All the previous hate has been overtaken by a flood of spambots and the occasional mouth-breather. What used to be a group dedicated to attacking fat people for the crime of individual style is now a spam graveyard.
It was toward the end of that battle that I read about Fat Nurse’s experience with a new group: SAVING THE PLANET FROM FAT GIRLS IN LEGGINS. So, I decided to check it out. Here’s what I found (mostly under photos of fat women that definitely did not belong to any of them):
Pretty vile, eh?
Pretty hateful?
What one might call “hate speech”?
So, the first thing I did was dive right in and start stirring up the pot.
The main justification used by the moderators is that this site is “Just for fun.”
Look at me wielding my ignorance like a flacid penis! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
I was glad to see other Fat Warriors already in action, including this brilliant fellow who must have struck a chord in calling this a “GRUPPO DI MERDA” (or “GROUP OF SHIT,” if I know my foreign vulgarities).
I try to alter tactics between ripping them to shreds and appealing to the humanity of individual members:
Of course, you can’t join a group like this and have any shame, so I wound up right back where I started.
I even took shots at the moderators, though I knew they wouldn’t stay up long.
Think about that… five moderators… they need five moderators to run a hate group. Wow.
I posted several quotes apropos of hate, but they deleted all but two. Here are the missing quotes:
I believe one of the moderators is this greasy Stefan Habermeehl, who is the groups most active member, from what I’ve seen.
And, of course, what’s a little fat hatred if you can’t go after Beth Ditto.
So, I took the time to remind Stefan that cellulite is completely natural for women and that even some of the day’s biggest “sex symbols” have been spotted with *GASP* cellulite!
The speed with which they were taking down my comments increased with each day, so I knew my time was limited. I decided to get in a few more deep, painful digs before they booted me for good. The first was directed at a hypocrite, but turned swiftly on Stefan:
But this lady got my very last bite.
Just before I made my intentions perfectly clear:
I was booted the next day.
In the midst of all this, I decided to create a group to urge Facebook to include fat hatred in its list of hate speech, which is not permitted. In fact, any group that is even STARTED with the intent of spreading hate speech is removed and its creators banned from Facebook.
So, be sure to join “Facebook, Please Stop Permitting Fat Hatred” and help us spread the message that fat hatred is NOT okay.
Well, surprise, surprise, the same morning they booted me from their group, our friends over at SAVE THE PLANET posted a link to our group. Subsequently, about eight people with distinctly Eastern European names (and SAVE THE PLANET FROM FAT GIRLS IN LEGGINS in their Info box) tried to join.
Those fat haters sure are clever.
But even more enjoyable than watching a bunch of morons try to sneak in, are the hateful comments posted in response to our link.
Truth be told, they beat me to the punch. I was already planning to urge our members to go Fatty Flood their group with detailed descriptions of their glorious fatness. I’m still going to do so, in fact, and I hope they come through.
Anyway, that’s my fat hatin’ update of the month!
June 22, 2010 at 10:15 am
Sigh. I’m sorry that you got involved in this, these people are terribly ignorant. After I found my picture I have to admit that I did cry a little – where do they get off on terrorising other HUMAN BEINGS over how they look? I’m happier being fat in my “leggins” (ffs learn to spell before you start a hate group) than any of those judgemental fools will ever be.
Women, men, we all come in different shapes and sizes – I should know, I’m morbidly obese and my mother is clinically anorexic, almost having to be taken in to hospital at the peak of her illness (she’s starting to recover, slowly.) We are both women, we are both beautiful and NEITHER of us deserved to be ridiculed for our bodies.
My body. My business.
Thank you for joining me, the reaction I’ve had from my original post has been overwhelming.
Devon xx
http://www.fat-nurse.com
June 24, 2010 at 1:22 pm
So, I’m curious, was your mom like my mother-in-law was (when she was anorexic) and put you on all kinds of diets and weight loss plans? I’m curious how many fat women have that experience.
In any case, did you see that the group was removed? Score 1 for fatties! Now we’re focusing on the rest of the assholes.
Peace,
Shannon
June 24, 2010 at 1:30 pm
Well, my Mum tried to put me on diets when I was around 13 – 15. At that point she then channelled her energy in to making me feel like shit. She’d shout at me and argue with me all of the time, tell me I couldn’t be happy because I was fat, etc. Made me cry. A lot. But I never gave up, health at every size is what matters, not weight.
Now, my Mum knows about my blog and she’s pretty much forced to accept that I am who I am and she no longer has any control over it, or how I feel about my weight. We’ve reached a truce, I make sure she eats and she doesn’t have much influence in my life, but I know she cares.
I DID see that the group was removed and I’m very happy. What started with a discovery that made me cry was embraced by the fat community and we finally got rid of a little piece of fat hatred. No doubt there will be more, but we are a strong group of fat and beautiful people.
June 24, 2010 at 1:34 pm
It’s amazing how common that thread of a well-meaning parent going to completely off the deep end has sparked so many unhealthy behaviors (both physical and mental). I’m glad HAES is out there now for people to embrace. And I’m glad you’ve come to a truce. It’s better than nothin’!
Stay tuned, we’re going after the rest of these hate groups as well. My goal is to make Facebook a (relatively) safe place for fatties.
Peace,
Shannon
June 22, 2010 at 2:07 pm
It seems you had fun being a reverse troll! :)
These groups are so ridiculous but it’s not surprising—Facebook is full of dumb people. It’s becoming the next Myspace.
June 24, 2010 at 1:31 pm
I love reverse trolling! I would never join a site just to rip on people, but to rip on complete assbags is nothing but fun. I still get to exercise my snark, but in a place where it’s completely justified. Sort of like being the Dexter of trolling.
Peace,
Shannon
June 24, 2010 at 12:55 pm
Glad to see you back and still kicking ass, Shannon.
June 24, 2010 at 1:31 pm
Thanks Heather. I try to post infrequently enough so that each time I do I get a “welcome back.” ;)
Peace,
Shannon
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June 25, 2010 at 9:09 pm
Damn!
I need to stop vacationing and get back to brawling.
Incidentally, I can’t help singing the theme song from Sprockets every time I see that euro dish rag Stefan.
The comments over there are so badly written they almost fail to be insulting.
Glad it’s gone.
June 28, 2010 at 11:35 am
Dense and greasy, that’s our pal Stefan. I mean, if you’re going to start a fat hate group, why not in your own language, ya know?
Peace,
Shannon
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July 17, 2010 at 5:37 pm
real question: do you think it’s okay to suggest stefan is a repressed homosexual (in the beth ditto exchange) as a way to discredit his hatred of (fat) women?
July 19, 2010 at 8:57 am
Anastasia,
Indeed I do. Here’s why…
My aim in reverse trolling is not to persuade them to support our cause, but to attack them with the same ferocity that they are attacking fat people. I am completely comfortable with stooping to their level, as I know that once I’ve done my job I can easily return to my own.
As far as suggesting that Stefan was a repressed homosexual, I was going for a weak spot. That’s how I attack, I look for what that person’s perceived strengths are and go after them. Stefan spent an awful lot of time boasting about his sexual prowess and demeaning fat women for not being fuckable. In short, he was a cocky misogynistic son of a bitch. Even his profile picture was him and his “hot” chick. So, I perceived his weakness to be that he thinks he’s this super-masculine ladies man. So, the way you get under that kind of person’s skin is to suggest that he is a repressed homosexual… sort of like Larry Craig… the kind of asshole who can’t accept his sexuality and so lashes out at others.
I also suggested that Stefan was Eurotrash and a pedophile. The insult was not that he was a homosexual (because who really cares if you’re a homosexual), it was that he was repressed and acting on that repression in the way that he was. If anything it was an insult for homosexuals to count Stefan among their own.
Peace,
Shannon
July 19, 2010 at 7:55 pm
Damn Shannon, I love you.
July 25, 2010 at 6:26 pm
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw, I love you too, Anna. ;)
Peace,
Shannon
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