This has been a thing on the political left sufficiently long now that the new kid destroying Playboy Magazine has begun putting in nude pictures of fat women. This week, however, it is at the forefront because of the hefty musical entertainer, "Lizzo." Evidently, the "progressive" media has determined that since Lizzo has some musical talent, she should be used to teach children that being morbidly obese is a thing to "celebrate."
Of course, there is absolutely no logic to that, and it is not that modern medicine has not established the harmfulness of morbid obesity and its sequelae. Enter celebrity trainer Jillian Michaels, who quite cogently observed that if one is going to praise Lizzo as a musician it should be for her musical ability, not for her morbid obesity. Ms. Michaels, of course, has a possible profit motive in the debate, as she does make her money as a consequence of people wanting to maintain some functional level of fitness.
Now Whoopi Goldberg jumps into the fray, defending the praise of Lizzo's overlarge physique. Goldberg obviously has her own, hugely overweight dog in the fight as well, but at least has never attempted to suggest that she should be praised for her own absence of conditioning. Obviously, Goldberg made her money as a comedian, because people laugh at her, and being laughed at is what she is good at.
For some reason, "progressives" cannot seem to distinguish between criticizing weight (which they term "fat shaming") and criticizing their ignorant and harmful postulate that morbid obesity is a thing to be praised. Ms. Michaels did not say that Lizzo was an objectionable person because of her out of control weight, but only that such morbid obesity is not a thing to celebrate or take joy in. Overweight celebrities from Fatty Arbuckle to Mama Cass have understood this. It is only in the present age that celebrities have become so arrogant that they insist their obesity and other dangerous behaviors should be publicly hailed as virtues.
Jillian Michaels is right. I have no particular fondness for Lizzo's songs, but neither do I take any joy in her over-indulgences and lack of personal discipline which dramatically increase the probability of a shortened lifespan. It is her right to do it, yes, but shame on her and on all the "progressive" pundits who insist on marketing morbid obesity as a condition to be emulated. If Lizzo had any regard for her fans, she would at least admit that her condition is nothing to be proud of, whether or not she is ever willing to personally back off the feed bag. Her personal gluttony and sloth are not excuses to sell a ration of snake oil to a generation of children.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/whoopi-goldberg-defends-lizzo-after-jillian-michaels-body-shaming-i-do-celebrate-her/ar-BBYLxlk
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