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New York City has added weight and height to the list of identifiers that are protected from discrimination for work, housing, or public accommodation in the Big Apple.
The City Council passed a new measure that adds the two new classes to the old standbys, including sexual orientation, race, gender identity, and national origin, to prevent discriminatory treatment, Fox News reported.
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Just recently someone who I considered to be a friend came up to me and touched my stomach and said, 'We're getting bigger there, buddy.' And it just speaks to the toxic culture that exists in the United States when it comes to people that are above their average peers' weight.

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"People with different body types are not only denied jobs and promotions that they deserve, their whole existence has also been denied by a society that has offered no legal remedy for this prejudice," Abreu said.

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"It's not only protecting people in the workplace from this or in getting apartments, but it's also about changing culture," he explained.

While several jurisdictions also ban weight discrimination, Michigan is the only state that has a state-wide ban in place.

Six other cities across the country have similar laws protecting citizens from1 weight discrimination: Binghamton, New York; Madison, Wisconsin; Urbana, Illinois; Washington, DC; and San Francisco and Santa Cruz, California, CNN added.

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The ban on weight discrimination is not total in the Big Apple. Some jobs where weight is a factor including police and firefighters have been exempted in the new law.

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Surely this is the last thing needed to be healed to make the world a liberal Utopia, right?

First, they solve hunger.

Then, war. Followed by violence, then "global warming"

So, making sure fatties must be coddled gets us to total consciousness.....

A world where there are no rules, standards or law or except "Never question Big Brother or tells you"

Surely such a place must be heaven on Earth…

How will they take this at 550 Seventh Avenue. Who will walk the run ways now in the fashion centers in NYC?

Who had National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance on their protected class bingo card?

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012


Big Gulp: New York City's Soda Ban and the Battle over Sugary Drinks

On Thursday, the New York City health department voted to prohibit the sale of sweetened beverages greater than 16 ounces -- including sodas, sports drinks and sweetened coffees and teas -- in restaurants, food carts, delis and concession stands at movie theaters, stadiums and arenas. This is but one measure in cities and towns around the country intended to reduce consumption of sodas and other sweetened drinks. Will bans and taxes work to curb problems like childhood obesity?


Just over ten years ago, limiting the size of sweet drinks and/or placing a sugar tax on them was being instituted in blue cities to supposedly help people lose weight. Now they are glorifying being overweight and making it a protected class.

Just shows you it was never about helping people, it was about controlling them and making an extra buck. Now they've decided the better strategy is to have them as another aggrieved class in their coalition so they can play the protective daddy and take their votes.

Hey Ryan! Long time no see. Good to have you back.

So can one identify as a fattie?

we need to start a running thread to come up with the dumbest **** possible just to see how close we are to predicting the future.

Personal responsibility is a micro aggression!

Can't have that!

I can understand height/weight "discrimination" being a thing in acting and modeling, but "in getting apartments"? Like, are there landlords who tell people "I can't let you live here because you'd make the floor collapse"? Is this a common enough problem to require legislation?

And what about height????

Those of us under 5'9" have long wanted the Campaign for Equal Heights to address Tall Privilege whereas we Diminutive-Americans suffer height discrimination scarring our lives. In the Army, I still remember having to really spring up to the pull up bar instead of minor stretch upward.

Try being 5'3"

So now you have to hire fat folks, and they fly , you might have to sit on plane more often with the big fat goo of TexAgs legend!

Why don't they just add ugly people too.

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Why don't they just add ugly people too.

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Have you ever looked at a group of liberals? Pretty sure that they don't understand the concept of "ugly" at least with each other anyways

UTExan said:

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And what about height????

Those of us under 5'9" have long wanted the Campaign for Equal Heights to address Tall Privilege whereas we Diminutive-Americans suffer height discrimination scarring our lives. In the Army, I still remember having to really spring up to the pull up bar instead of minor stretch upward.

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Makes more sense than protection for the fatties. It's 100% the fatties fault they're disgusting blobs of goo.

Fat isn't an immutable characteristic. It is a culture and series of behavioral choices. No human is inherently obese. You have to over consume your way there.

There are plenty of jobs where being obese increases safety risk for an employee and for others and substantially inhibits ability to perform necessary functions.

This is beyond stupid. Leftists are apparently are developing brain damage from overexposure to their own ideology, given the litany of idiocy they keep advocating.

Libs expanding their brand. They're not satisfied with only denying biology, so now they're going to be able to simultaneously deny biology AND physics with a newly defined victim class. Victims of their own choosing, as previous posters have said...

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And what about height????

Those of us under 5'9" have long wanted the Campaign for Equal Heights to address Tall Privilege whereas we Diminutive-Americans suffer height discrimination scarring our lives. In the Army, I still remember having to really spring up to the pull up bar instead of minor stretch upward.

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Get back to the chocolate factory!

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Who had National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance on their protected class bingo card?

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It's a flesh avalanche! Gross!

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UTExan said:

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And what about height????

Those of us under 5'9" have long wanted the Campaign for Equal Heights to address Tall Privilege whereas we Diminutive-Americans suffer height discrimination scarring our lives. In the Army, I still remember having to really spring up to the pull up bar instead of minor stretch upward.

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Get back to the chocolate factory!

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5'8" here and that made me chortle.

It makes sense that leftists have gone all in on pro-fatty agendas. Have you taken a look around to see how prevalent fatties are? Walk through a Walmart. Rascal scooters begging for death hauling human-orca hybrids abound.

Hell, look around downtown houston in the tunnels during a work day. This is supposed to be a collection of generally well-to-do people who presumably have access to better food, fitness options, and medical care. Still 33% or more fatsos.

So why not pander to that group as a new demographic you can give free stuff to and buy their votes?

Or the fatty business travelers that nearly have a heart attack walking down a jet bridge and lifting their 8 pound backpack into the over head bin. See it every week. It's pitiful.

Worse when they also have a bag of hamburgers and travel scrabble.

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Try being 5'3"

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Explain. Do you feel that society is looking down on you?

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Go back to the chocolate factory!

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I'm 4'11 and that made me LOL

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Who had National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance on their protected class bingo card?

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100% of that group voted for Biden

Family fuming after coffin for 650-pound man didn’t fit in grave https://t.co/p9WrrFAFrG pic.twitter.com/cbDVGKa1tB

— New York Post (@nypost) May 13, 2023

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Why don't they just add ugly people too.

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Its a blue state, too many of them

Rules for me, not for thee again with the exceptions for government jobs again. But when that fat person doesn't get that construction job because he's not physically capable...lawsuit.

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Tanya 93 said:

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Try being 5'3"

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Explain. Do you feel that society is looking down on you?

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Yes.

But not because of my height.

It's the way I sneeze.

I sound like a mouse.