Here's an example of something terribly wrong. Out there is an organization entitled, "National Action Against Obesity". Sounds like a group for me, no?
No.
As far as I'm concerned, NAAO is as biased and backwards an organization as you can get and while I may indeed agree with some of their positions (such as governments doing too little to help with this major public health concern), I'm absolutely appalled by the virulence and vitriol of their arguments.
To see what I mean, click the video below (remember email subscribers need to head to my blog to see videos) and watch as the organization president Meme Roth espouses her asinine, biased, offensive and disturbing view that the most recent winner of American Idol is not worthy because her BMI doesn't fit Meme's ideal.
When I watched this video the words contemptible and loathsome leaped to mind. How about you?
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I've been following this story, and I think that MeMe is just using obesity as a convenient outlet for her misogyny and general malevolence. I guess in society it's somewhat acceptable to be mean to fat people if it's for their own good.
ReplyDeleteWhy is this woman not up on hate crime charges?? Hate that promotes hate. Plain and simple
ReplyDeleteMy Google-fu is sucking today, but isn't it NAAO that is funded by drug companies that push diet drugs? Or am I thinking of the group that successfully lobbied the WHO to lower the BMI to unreasonable levels?
ReplyDeleteSheryl, I'm not at all sure. If you find something out, please keep us informed.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment,
Yoni
I know this is a few years late, but I'm doing some research on the Penn and Teller Bullshit episode you reviewed for an essay I'm writing. I thought you might find this article interesting if you hadn't seen it already: http://jezebel.com/5479381/just-what-are-meme-roths-qualifications-exactly
ReplyDeleteIt was one of the first links I came across when checking Meme's credentials.