After recently joining this group and reading the 5 or so posts on this subject so far I've made several observations about this issue that I'd like to share. First of all, the person that wrote this article should in no way be punished or called a 'bully' because of what she wrote. As a person who has grown up in the Unites States and raised around the same type of media as everybody else she is only speaking her mind, and her opinions probably dwell from the culture she was brought up in. If you want to point fingers at the columnist for saying what she did that is simply wrong because her feelings have almost undoubtably crossed the minds of every single person that saw this TV show. Mike and Molly is an attempt to draw the attention of the viewers in America that are obese, or find fat people funny, because whether people like to admit it or not we as a country have a serious obesidity problem. The reality is that most fat people actually are funny, because they learn from an early age that humor is a way to be socially accepted by their peers. The network that this show is on has created this show to capture the audience of one of the largest groups of people that watch TV (lazy and fat people) and show them it can be acceptable to be who you are. I am not attempting to categorize anybody, but the fact of the matter is that if you spend multiple hours a day watching TV you are not being active and most likely eating while doing so. The author of the column may have gone a little too far by saying it is gross to watch fat people make out, but she has a right to her opinion. Frankly, as far as I'm concerned, if you as a viewer don't feel comfortable looking at obese people then simply don't watch the show. She makes another point that it can be difficult for obese people to commit to losing weight, but for all the obese people out there that make this claim it is merely an excuse. If you are obese and aren't exercising everyday and making an attempt to eat healthy foods then there is nobody to blame but yourself. I'm also not sure if this was recently posted or not, but after the article she posts an apology at the bottom, most likely because these obese or overweight individuals complained about her article. This is ridiculous. These people should see this article and want to immediately get up and go for a run. I am not trying to be harsh, but this writer should not have to apologize to people that are contributing to our country's biggest health problems.
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