Overweight 'should be protected'

People who have an illness should be encouraged to help themselves get better. If they are fat to the point of being unhealthy then they should be encouraged to lose weight.

I don't disagree with this and I don't see how making abuse of fat people illegal would stop doctors from talking about weight loss, exercise, and healthy eating, as ways to deal with obesity for the sake of the health of their patients. I really think what's being disputed here is that calling someone who's overweight a 'fat lazy fuck' who needs to 'lay off the pies' is really going to help them in any way other than send them straight to the fridge.

'If' and knowing it's a really big 'if' from knowing the media, this group of people want some sort of 'special treatment' because they're overweight then this is preposterous. But, it being OK to call them fat lazy cunts is equally preposterous. Abuse is abuse.