That was a frighteningly out-of-touch column, indeed. Something tells me that not only does Mr. Murford not waste a whole lot of time wondering how people can stand to live "like that," he doesn't wander very far from the gay bars and wellness centers in his native San Francisco either. (Fight stereotype with stereotype, I always say!)
He's only got to cross the bridge to Oakland to see plenty of chunky folks in Raiders jerseys and backwards baseball caps who are well-contented with their lot, all unaware that they're supposed to be dwelling on their "indolent awkwardness and dis-ease and pain, an unconscious layering-on of fatty protection against a world gone angry and confusing" for the benefit of superficial twerps.
--- Ajax.
I was truly offended by this article. The author is horrified that fat people might show themselves to him, and he shows only contempt for the pain of others, like they're doing it to bother him. He's not just offended that these people are fat, but he's also offended that they may be uncomfortable and unhappy. Way to create a self-fulfilling prophecy there.
And then he tries to engage in the "some of my best friends are..." argument, "but they're not just fat, they're SO fat!" He says he realizes there are mitigating factors, or that there's no reason it's his business in the first place, but then decides these people are too eggregiously and publicly fat for him to stand. Excuse me for not feeling sorry for you, Mark.
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