Well,

You can’t reason someone out of something they weren’t reasoned into.

(being that I am from Virginia and I know so many like her).

Oh, and as for the comment about her being “a consumer” and “contributing nothing,” I’ve active in the Girl Scout movement for most of my life, and have met many “overweight” women there. These women work hard to improve the Girl Scout programs, their communities, and their families, and, yes, some of them might have had views similar to (but not so extreme as!) this woman’s. I know nothing about this woman outside of the video and what I see in the video makes me sick, but still, it stings to see a woman accused of “contributing nothing” just because of her body type.

I’m a Christian, and honestly people like that scare me way more than any atheist does. Christian fundamentalism in the US is its own subculture (very small problem here in Canada but you see it every once in a while) – it doesn’t even matter what makes sense, or the actual biblical paradigm on church and state, or general courtesy of respecting others’ opinions, or any other argument that you put against her. All that matters is that that little subculture has told her Republicans are good and Democrats are bad.

I was far more creeped out by the obviousness of how much she bullied her husband (and I’m willing to bet physically as well as emotionally) than her ignorance, which sadly did not surprise. (Have I mentioned my mother? Who would love Palin as ardently as I detest her if she were still alive.)

I was getting a chill up my spine about how obviously abusive she was towards her husband long before that quip about he knows who he’d better. She’s bullying him with prayer and if that don’t work, she’ll have no hesitation to go upside his head with the skillet.

Dude, run for your life!!!

And if you do vote the “wrong” way, lie through your teeth.

Still, I find little relevance in bringing up weight for this clip. The discussion should be based around the context of what she is saying, not so much how she does it, or even less, what she looks like. If the post was about the connection of faith and obesity, perhaps, but not when it is about her ignorant viewpoint of religion and politics.

That’s my two cents..spoken like an overweight (but working on it) atheist.

She’s a race bigot and you’re a fat bigot. Why should we listen to you any more than to her? The next time someone uses an ad hominem argument against you, don’t complain. Grow up and rid yourself of this ugly vice.

Jeff, you often have useful and intelligent things to say, but you also often cancel those out with childish, stick-out-your-tongue invective that seems contrived, as if said simply for the shock value. You could actually have a voice if you didn’t choose to just make noise. People might actually listen to you if you stopped to listen to yourself.

I’m so glad I’m canadian and live in canada.
I was in s. california last month chatting with a cab driver, we both agreed the US is going to hell in a handbasket if McCain is elected. I told him to move to canada.
There just is no hope if that happens.

Did you forget we just voted in Bush Jr.?

You assume that the cause of obesity is primarily overeating, not genetics.

I guess fat people just choose to be fat, just like gay people choose to be gay. Because, you know, it’s just wonderful to be the butt of jokes and derision.

A number of my friends and family suffer from weight-related health problems. But if you want to see true ugliness, it’s not going to be found in body shape, but in the way we treat our fellow human beings.