well said!!!

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As a father of a daughter that was bullied in her elementary school years this struck a cord with me. Good for this lady to speak up and well said considering Oct is anti bullying month. Society is cruel but we can all help by teaching our kids / friends / family to take a stand against bullying.

Bully Calls News Anchor Fat, News Anchor Destroys Him On Live TV
 

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Lol, I was expecting a video of the lady bullying the bully. I think her message is commendable but probably not so effective. Those of us who aren't bullies, nod our heads and say to ourselves "how true", but what do you figure the guy who wrote the message is saying to himself? ..."Why is that fat b!tch calling me a bully? I just stated the truth."
 

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Keep in mind she had to keep it "clean" for the broadcast :) but I think she got her point across in a manner that people can understand. As for the guy writing the note, I have not meet the perfect human being yet including myself so obviously he has some insecurities himself to take the time to write a letter about her weight. If we start putting labels on everyone for their shortcomings then our society will be in a whole lot of hurt going forward.


Lol, I was expecting a video of the lady bullying the bully. I think her message is commendable but probably not so effective. Those of us who aren't bullies, nod our heads and say to ourselves "how true", but what do you figure the guy who wrote the message is saying to himself? ..."Why is that fat b!tch calling me a bully? I just stated the truth."
 

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Lol, I was expecting a video of the lady bullying the bully. I think her message is commendable but probably not so effective. Those of us who aren't bullies, nod our heads and say to ourselves "how true", but what do you figure the guy who wrote the message is saying to himself? ..."Why is that fat b!tch calling me a bully? I just stated the truth."
he never once used the word "fat" and she admits that the doctor puts her physical condition as "obese" on her chart. so immediately he is a bully for stating the obvious? the guy tried to be politically correct in his email to her but immediately he is labelled a "bully". kids would probably much prefer to be addressed in the way he did in his email rather than the way they actually do by calling someone fat with a lot more malicious intent than the guy had. so the moral is be a fat fawk up but don't let anyone point it out? yeah, let's coddle them and tell them people are mean.
 

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he never once used the word "fat" and she admits that the doctor puts her physical condition as "obese" on her chart. so immediately he is a bully for stating the obvious? the guy tried to be politically correct in his email to her but immediately he is labelled a "bully". kids would probably much prefer to be addressed in the way he did in his email rather than the way they actually do by calling someone fat with a lot more malicious intent than the guy had. so the moral is be a fat fawk up but don't let anyone point it out? yeah, let's coddle them and tell them people are mean.

OMG you're a bully too!!! LOL, actually, I was thinkng the same thing when I first watched it. However, even though his comment may be phrased well, the message that "fat people don't belong on TV" is still outrageous and proposterous. If being an example for our kids is what he is really concerned about there are a lot of other trees he should be barking up before accusing this portly news anchor of being a bad influence.
 

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Obviously the guy got under her skin!If he didn't she would have just junked his e-mail!Watch a year from now she'll have dropped fifty pounds and will have a "I'll show him attitude"!!I actually feel sorry for her husband that will have to put with her moaning in the mean time!A couple of my kids were bullied a couple of times in school and on the bus and I told them to settle it 'old school' and I'll deal with the parents and teachers!I told them to tell the kids to quit and if they didn't I said some people are like computers and you have to punch the information in!And I warned them that if they ever bullied anyone they have a very boring life around here with everything taken away!
 

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my 13 year old daughter is a red head.................. :confused:


fat people aren't nearly as bad as ugly people, we need to weed out the uglies first, then the gingers... the heavys fall way down the list....
 

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OMG you're a bully too!!! LOL, actually, I was thinkng the same thing when I first watched it. However, even though his comment may be phrased well, the message that "fat people don't belong on TV" is still outrageous and proposterous. If being an example for our kids is what he is really concerned about there are a lot of other trees he should be barking up before accusing this portly news anchor of being a bad influence.
she should have just deleted the email like barleyfarmer stated. she has now made it into something that conveys the message "it's okay to be obese and unhealthy" and that it is only okay for your doctor to tell you that you're obese because anyone else that tries to do so is a bully.
 

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100% agree!!


OMG you're a bully too!!! LOL, actually, I was thinkng the same thing when I first watched it. However, even though his comment may be phrased well, the message that "fat people don't belong on TV" is still outrageous and proposterous. If being an example for our kids is what he is really concerned about there are a lot of other trees he should be barking up before accusing this portly news anchor of being a bad influence.
 

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sorry teeroy dont agree with you on this one. What does the writer gain to point out the obvious that she is overweight? Nothing. If she is good at her job then her body shape is irrelevant. If he wants to make examples of poor role models towards our children then there are plenty of them on MTV or Hollywood and they are skinny!


she should have just deleted the email like barleyfarmer stated. she has now made it into something that conveys the message "it's okay to be obese and unhealthy" and that it is only okay for your doctor to tell you that you're obese because anyone else that tries to do so is a bully.
 

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she should have just deleted the email like barleyfarmer stated. she has now made it into something that conveys the message "it's okay to be obese and unhealthy" and that it is only okay for your doctor to tell you that you're obese because anyone else that tries to do so is a bully.

So you think she may not have known that she was obese before this guy pointed it out? No where in there did I hear her say that being obese is ok. Her message is that it isn't OK for you to harras or discriminate aginst people who do not measure up ideal. Now, if she was spouting on and encouraging the full figured community to embrace thier obesity and ignore the health consequences... this guy would still have been an azzhat since he is saying nothing of her message, just her appearance, and is blatently saying that her appearance alone is sending a message. What frigg'n kid out there says "I wanna be fat just like her"?
 
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