Browsing the world wide interwebulator today we were shocked to find an article by Ron Liddle inThe Spectator suggesting that shouting abuse at fat people is not just fun. It’s socially useful.
We wonder if the lovely Ron has ever come into contact with the theory of Fundamental Attribution Error? FAE is a well documented phenomenon whereby human beings are programmed to overestimate the role of the individual (in any given circumstance) and underestimate the role of the environment.
Ron get off your Thindamentalist soapbox and look at the reality of the situation.
Obesity is not the fault of obese individuals…
Obesity is the fault of our obesogenic environment and the sooner Ron and his fellow Thindamentalists see the Fundamental Attribution Error of their ways the sooner we can approach this issue in a constructive and positive manner…