Twitterverse reacts to Scientific American tweet about BBBWs

On December 28th, Scientific America tweeted a promo for "The Racist Roots of Fighting Obesity", an article published in 2020 which portrayed BBBWs (Big Beautiful Black Women) as victims of racism, fat-shaming, yada yada yada. Click here to read excerpts from the controversial article.

Predictably, there has been not a little blowback, along the lines of Bill Burr's rant about overweight people (not just blacks or women) having no-one but themselves to blame. "You put those cookies in your own mouths. How about trying an apple instead?!" (It was funnier than that but this is a family publication.)

Among those snickering about those addicted to Snickers [geddit? Ed.] was Gad Saad, quoted in WWW not long ago. His tweet is at left.

Breitbart News published some others.

Donald Trump Jr.: "You know what seems way more racist? Ignoring science and common sense information that is literally killing people under the guise of protecting them from ‘racism!"

Sara Gonzales, conservative host: "Telling people not to be fat is not racist."

Ron DeSantis campaign spokesthingy Christina Pushaw: "This is literally 'public health disinformation' that would have real-world potentially fatal consequences, if anyone took it seriously. Yet it is published by Scientific American and promoted on social media platforms while real science is censored."

Professor Peter Boghossian: "This is exactly what ideological capture looks like and why being more intelligent isn't a prophylactic against moral fashions. Once venerable legacy institutions have become irredeemably corrupted. I see no way out of this other than building parallel institutions.

Dr James Lindsay, conservative commentator and author: "[T]he racist roots of fighting obesity’ -SCIENTIFIC American"

John Hawkins, author: "Congrats on doing your part to destroy all respect for science."

Auron MacIntyre, political commentator: "Remember when New Atheists thought abandoning Christianity would free science from the shackles of religion?"

Meanwhile (writes BN's Joshua Klein) "obesity continues to be encouraged by many on the left and in the entertainment industry, despite it being a condition that puts adults of any age at an increased risk of severe illness.... In October, entertainment giant Disney unveiled its first 'plus-sized' heroine in a short film about an oversized ballet dancer dealing with 'body dysmorphia'."

Before our readers in Canada snicker smugly, they should stop and think about who bears the cost of medical and other care for the consequences of obesity. It's YOU, dear Canuck taxpayer -- all part of the ever-inflating [geddit? Ed.] cost of going woke.