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Twitter lit it up and sent that phrase and "President Plump" and other slurs trending. What was especially disappointing was seeing some reporters and others I respect indulging in the deliciousness of a spicy remark. Then others went all in without a thought about the /2
collateral damage. Well that collateral damage has a face. Many faces. It is the gentle soul who said she so crushed by the responses she& #39;s taking a break. What was her crime? She very gently posed a mild request to think of people like her. That elicited responses like /3
"kill yourself." My objections weren& #39;t nearly as polite as hers, but responses were less vicious because I& #39;m not a woman on Twitter. They were still ugly ("get on a treadmill, lardass"), but I gave the block feature a good workout. I& #39;m not writing because I have hurt feelings. /4
I& #39;d like to punch something, but I& #39;m not sad. But, you know what, I have been talking to people who are. It& #39;s especially hard on women who live in a society that is just brutal to large women. They face this all day. And when you lob it back at Trump, you& #39;re not hurting him./5
He won& #39;t even see your impotent little tweeting. But you know who will? People who are hurting. The teenager who spends all day hearing she& #39;s worthless because of her size. Many of you have said it& #39;s tit for tat, or fight fire with fire. But you& #39;re not fighting anything. You& #39;re/6
reinforcing a culture in which it& #39;s ok to abuse these women and these kids for their weight. You tell me, no we& #39;re only directing it at him. Guess what? That& #39;s not how it works. The only thing you& #39;re doing is becoming him, and you& #39;re telling these people you agree that weight /7
defines a person. You say it& #39;s ok to hit back at a bully? Well, you& #39;re a bully. And what you& #39;re doing is garbage, but won& #39;t hit back at you. Some of you say, "I& #39;m fat, and I& #39;m not bothered, so it& #39;s ok." To that I say, I& #39;m glad you& #39;re well defended. /8
But not everyone is, and I& #39;ve been consoling people whom you have reduced to tears. And, though it& #39;s worse for women, let me assure you, it& #39;s no picnic for the men either. Again, some of you say "get over it, snowflake, I& #39;m big and it doesn& #39;t bother me." Again, I say I& #39;m glad /9
you& #39;re well defended, but I know people who are not. Are they worthless? Do they deserve what you& #39;re serving up. I& #39;m one of the lucky ones. I& #39;m about twice as fat as Trump, but I really like myself--some might say too much. But it& #39;s still insulting. And as I said what gets me /10
so worked up is what you& #39;re doing to people I care about. Based on my interactions across this day on Twitter, I know this thread will unleash Twitter hell on my timeline. Bring it. I& #39;m quick with a block. But remember that every insult you lob is going to hurt someone you /11
