Louise McSharry #2 Radio show hit the skids, content will be complaining about the kids

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Amy.Coyne81 said:
I'm so sorry you had that experience, whenever people behave like that nastily towards others it always means they're incredibly negative and unhappy in their own head - it's a complete reflection on her and not you. Happy people seep happiness. I've seen her in person and she was struggling to walk properly without shuffling a bit with her weight, if you physically feel that slowed down and crap it's going to affect your mind.
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My friend is the same weight/body shape as Louise and has been advised by her doctor recently that she needs a knee replacement. She cried her eyes out about it but still won't face the reality that her excess weight is what caused the need for her knee to be replaced. I wouldn't be surprised if Louise ends up that way as well. I'm all for body confidence and body neutrality but there is a societal cost to obesity. Not all, but a lot of health conditions are brought on or worsened by excess weight. I have to bite my tongue a lot so I'm not accused of being fatphobic but the Irish healthcare system is already severely struggling and an increasingly obese population will strain it even further.
 
CorkCailin said:
My friend is the same weight/body shape as Louise and has been advised by her doctor recently that she needs a knee replacement. She cried her eyes out about it but still won't face the reality that her excess weight is what caused the need for her knee to be replaced. I wouldn't be surprised if Louise ends up that way as well. I'm all for body confidence and body neutrality but there is a societal cost to obesity. Not all, but a lot of health conditions are brought on or worsened by excess weight. I have to bite my tongue a lot so I'm not accused of being fatphobic but the Irish healthcare system is already severely struggling and an increasingly obese population will strain it even further.
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I’m not obese so I don’t have any skin in the game but the state of the health service is a real problem in this country and it’s not the fault of the fat people. Skinny people get sick too by the way. and smokers and non smokers. Drinkers and teetotallers. It’s not the fault of a single cohort of society that our health service has been managed poorly for decades now. No amount of funding can seem to fix it.
 
Nosycrow said:
True re health service but pretending that being fat is merely a lifestyle choice or duck you to societal expectations doesn’t help anyone?
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I’m not sure if this is in response to my comment, I don’t really understand it, does society expect everyone to be the same size now and if you’re not it’s a duck you to society?! I’m no fan of Louise but you can live in any size body you want.
 
Thump said:
I’m not sure if this is in response to my comment, I don’t really understand it, does society expect everyone to be the same size now and if you’re not it’s a duck you to society?! I’m no fan of Louise but you can live in any size body you want.
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The point is - if a person won’t take personal responsibility for their health choices be that through excessive eating, smoking or drinking or whatever, then they shouldn’t expect the state to.
 
MrsMangle said:
The point is - if a person won’t take personal responsibility for their health choices be that through excessive eating, smoking or drinking or whatever, then they shouldn’t expect the state to.
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Exactly this. The likes of Louise makes excuses, blames and resents the world for her size - anyone but herself. Tis all society’s fault of course. 🙄
 
Thump said:
I’m not sure if this is in response to my comment, I don’t really understand it, does society expect everyone to be the same size now and if you’re not it’s a duck you to society?! I’m no fan of Louise but you can live in any size body you want.
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Live in any size body YOU want ABSOLUTELY! But don’t moan then about size inclusivity & companies not pandering to YOUR personal choice.
Everything can’t be geared around fat people, no more than it geared around ‘too’ skinny people.
 
MrsMangle said:
The point is - if a person won’t take personal responsibility for their health choices be that through excessive eating, smoking or drinking or whatever, then they shouldn’t expect the state to.
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That's very harsh, there can be a massive mental health factor to disordered eating, alcoholism and addiction. Some people have a strong genetic predisposition to experience mental health issues or have adverse life events that increase their chances of bad mental health.

The solution is to fund and manage the health service properly, not ration care based on numbers on a weighing scale.
 
Tiggers_news said:
Live in any size body YOU want ABSOLUTELY! But don’t moan then about size inclusivity & companies not pandering to YOUR personal choice.
Everything can’t be geared around fat people, no more than it geared around ‘too’ skinny people.
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Louise complaining about everything is entirely separate to society expecting everyone to be the same size. Louise complains about everything, day in day out, usually her kids. That’s just Louise. It’s not every fat person just because it’s Louise. Size really is the last basis of discrimination that is widely accepted, society doesn’t expect everyone to be straight anymore thankfully but you better not be fat!
 
Lolatimes said:
You can't celebrate getting free donuts and then complain that society isn't built for you.
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Well you can’t if you’re fat is what you are saying. Society isn’t accommodating for lots of people, eg. people in wheelchairs, people with sensory issues, people who can’t read or write. But they can get excited about free doughnuts and society still largely won’t be accommodating for them. The anti-fat bias is real.

The real problem is society’s obsession with judging people’s bodies. The question with appeared on the leaving cert paper this week will tell you all you need to know about where we are in this country on the topic. Absolutely disgraceful in 2022.
 
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The question with appeared on the leaving cert paper this week will tell you all you need to know about where we are in this country on the topic. Absolutely disgraceful in 2022.
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The Department of Education have some serious questions to answer after that paper this week. My daughter will be doing her leaving cert next year and she does HE. I have noticed that some of the curriculum is very antiquated and needs a major overhaul. My daughter struggled with an Ed during covid, thankfully she recovered very well but I can only imagine how triggering this question was for many girls taking that paper. I actually wrote to the Department yesterday because I was so furious.

However what I really dread, and I know it's coming is Louise's take on it and how she will spin and spin and spin some more to suit her own narrative. I don't care that she's fat and overweight but I cannot abide her wokeness just for the sake of it, she jumps on every band wagon going but only if its popular. I don't value her opinion whatsoever even on this topic that should be a subject matter she can debate but she can't because it will be all about her, the most fattest of them all.😴
 
Don’t follow Louise because I can’t stomach her moaning day in day out and definitely won’t be tuning in for this!!

Have a 4 year old and it’s honestly startling and a bit terrifying how often we have to skip words when we’re reading to her, books even for that age group are littered with comments about people being fat or ugly. We’re literally sowing the seeds of bias from a moment they are born.
 
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