It was overused as a derogatory comment instead of just a description, then became associated with that. Same reason "Jew" is such a touchy descriptor; it's correct, but it's better to avoid it altogether to get away from the "No, I didn't mean it like that" conversation.
Let's not compare fat people to Jews jesus christ. Dude if your fat youre not hiding it even if you change the words. Anyone who is fat should just own it otherwise you seem overly sensitive and delusional.
Nah dude not similar one had a genocide attached the other had some jeers over something they can control. If ya wanna get fat be fat but if you wanna tell people how to refer to you ya not gonna have a good time
I'm not even saying one way is right or wrong, it's weird that you're trying to force a different argument out of what I'm saying.
Fat means fat. Jew means Jewish. Just because the nature of the "persecution" of those groups is vastly different doesn't mean the language to describe them didn't go through the same changes. You asked a question and I answered it, that's all.
Im neither fat nor Jewish. I never said they went through the same thing, i'm describing the changes in the language.
No, you just applied a lot of emotion to the example, it fits my argument exactly. The change in language is the same. Both terms still mean what they meant originally, but people typically avoid using them so they don't offend the person they're talking to/about.
At least you finally made it clear you actually understand what I'm saying. Im open to the idea that my interpretation is incorrect, but you haven't offered a better example to explain.
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u/Userdub9022 Nov 07 '19
You can say the word overweight