I made this sauce to go with tortilla chips during a beer session, but it can be used for pasta, as a dip for toasted breadsticks and as a topping for jacket or mashed potatoes as well : ) Quite proud of it considering how UNdomestic I am :P
Let's just say my companion finished it all!!! :P Even after I'd stopped eating!!! :P
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I shared that there're many online write-ups about fat acceptance. There're also comments sections where people voice opinions. Of course, the overweight got upset and started bashing authors and readers who don't advocate fat acceptance for having the audacity to write what they think.
This is despite the opinions being factual and without bias. They weren't targeting any individual in particular. They were not making personal attacks. They were not insulting anyone. Strangely, these hypersensitive overweight women took offence and started being downright nasty.
So I wrote an innocent comment about an article mentioning that I still fit into the jeans which I kept from university days. I also stated that weight management is about discipline. Did I insult anyone? No, right? Well guess what? 2 weirdos took it upon themselves to 'put me in place' for 'my arrogance' and 'being smug'. Can someone say:
HUH???!!!
I tried to reason with 1 of them, but they were so intent on malice and shaming me into apologising for their 'hurt feelings' that they weren't the least bit logical. You can read the ramblings of the irrational in the comments section of the article here:
Thereafter, I realised that it was a waste of time to even try to talk sense to these people. I stood by what I said and still do. I did not insult them, did not make personal attacks which they did against other readers who commented and I will not apologise for my valid, non-malicious opinion.
So when I see a malicious reply, I don't bother reading beyond the first few words. Instead, I simply respond with, "I'm still slim." It works! :P They cannot do anything because I'm not giving them any attention nor my precious time :P Probably they're seething inside, I dunno :P
These self-appointed guard dogs of cyberspace think people with opinions that differ from theirs, such as fat isn't healthy or guys voicing their preference for healthy-weight women, should be shamed into silence or submission. They think they can magically brainwash us into changing our views.
Well, wake up from your hallucinations, sweeties! There're other people who inhabit the same world as you do. It's not always all about you. When we make comments, it's just our opinions in general and not specifically about you. You're a narcissist if you think the universe revolves solely around you.
Wake up call: it does not.
The more you try to censor others, the more you try to have things banned in order to have your way, the more you behave like a spoiled brat, the more turned off people are by the Fat Acceptance Movement. Yes, it's true! When you insult people, you're not defending nor standing up for yourself, especially when the victims of your aggression did nothing to provoke you and were not referring to you.
What you're doing is.......... BULLYING AND SHAMING.
You're bullying and shaming people into not having legitimate opinions.
You're bullying and shaming people into not having decent and intelligent discussions.
You're bullying and shaming people into not writing articles about their concern for the welfare of the country.
You're bullying and shaming people into not wanting to eat well.
You're bullying and shaming people into not finding morbid obesity unappealing and unhealthy.
That is what you're doing.
BULLYING AND SHAMING.
People aren't reacting negatively to you because you're fat. They're reacting negatively to you because you bash everyone, insult men's upbringing and the size of their manhood, feel ever so free to hurl profanities and obscenities, judge freely yet accuse everyone of judging you and a whole host of undesirable behaviours.
Reddit, Tumblr, ThoughtCatalog and other platforms don't belong to you. They're NOT solely your territory. Everyone is free to use them as long as they operate within the rules and regulations. There're moderators to do the policing job, if necessary, thank you very much.
They don't need a self-appointed guard dog. Especially a rabid one.
Think about it.
If you actually think, that is.
Oh and by the way, if you hate me, I'm still slim :P
Signing Off,
Missy Adorabelle