Is the word "Obese" now a slur?

[TaggedGalaxy]

So the topic of the word obese came up during a conversation with some friends, and one friend said that obese is a slur, I looked it up and many people agree with her that the word has become a slur to fat shame and body shame people.

 

 

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CAbP57WpNo1/?hl=en

 

What do you think, should we stop using the term obese to describe people who are heavier?

 

[Cheers]

No  

[Alongoria13]

Of course not, if you are obese you are obese  start hitting a treadmill sweetie

[popstar]

No

[Zoomer]

No.

[Sombre]

I don't think so. Obese is used medically to indicate that a person is more than just overweight. 

 

It does get used as an insult, but that doesn't make it a slur. We're not about to lock the obesity epidemic behind a slur jail cell.  

[Bloodflowers.]

 

[theredkilt]

Not in the real world

[Luckitty]

No

[Digitalism]

almost any word can be used to attack some one depending on context and intention

But some people like being martyrs and will see attacks where there isn't

[Luckitty]

2 minutes ago, Bloodflowers. said:

 

the Someone Like You remix in the background

[Alongoria13]

Fat people are trying tooo hard to be a "marginalized group" but all they do is make it harder for actually marginalized groups like the LGBT or racial/religious minorities be taken seriously by society  so annoying. Embrace the fatness without victimizing yourself nor antagonizing others and go! xx

[Delirious]

Depends on context. though rarely it can be offensive it still can be offensive.

[stoopidjenna]

I mean, obesity is overused as an insult and the BMI scale has been proven to be very limited in actually diagnosing health. But she’s not providing an alternative term so what does she want people to say?

[EtherealCat]

no, if it bothers them they can eat less

[getBusy]

9 minutes ago, Alongoria13 said:

Fat people are trying tooo hard to be a "marginalized group" but all they do is make it harder for actually marginalized groups like the LGBT or racial/religious minorities be taken seriously by society  so annoying. Embrace the fatness without victimizing yourself nor antagonizing others and go! xx

The Oppression Olympics have officially started, I see 

[MoonGoodandHappy]

On Twitter yes, in the real world, no.

[PopKills]

16 minutes ago, Bloodflowers. said:

 

I miss this queen!

[Dialamba]

It’s like saying anorexic is a slur. 

[Pheromosa]

Anti black? 

[Illuminati]

Considering the way people have been using it as an insult rather than a condition I'd say perhaps.

[Hephaestus]

How is "obese" anti-black? Some people just say anything 

[truthteller]

i dont know, ask WHO and Michelle Obama then

https://www.who.int/health-topics/obesity#tab=tab_1

[Khal]

It's not a slur, but my only issue with it as that I have seen it incorrectly used to describe people who are just "fat" or slightly overweight. They're not the same imo

[unclefloprry]

No, is a medical term