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The Fallacy Information of Nicole Arbour’s Video
In the beginning, the You Tuber and comedian Nicole who post a video called “Dear Fat People” with three million views that lead her you tube channel being suspend for period of time. Also, her video following a backlash led by other people in social media. After she posted garner attention for herself, and she have pathetic way to try and strengthen her. In her video she begins insult the people who are suffer overweight and she explains that being overweight is like “playing the race card without the race. Also, she mimics '“Yeah, but I couldn’t fit into a store. That’s discrimination”. Uh no. That means you are too fat, and you should stop eating.’ She argues that she has a point of post this
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Also, she explains that she is not talking about people who have a "little cushion for the pushing"' or people with specific health conditions, but rather the "35 per cent of North Americans who are obese." (Tempesta, para2) This claim makes no sense because a number of obese people likely have some medical condition that inhibits their ability to maintain a healthy weight because of their some medical condition. In addition, according to the article "Female Comedian Posts Scathing YouTube Rant about Why 'Obese People'" by Erica Tempesta, Whitney Thore who star of TLC’s My Big Fat Fabulous Life recorded her video as a response to Nicole's harsh words, arguing "that there is no way to tell if someone has a medical condition by looking at them". This explain that the video is full of misinformation about the very real discrimination people who are overweight and obese face. Much of the criticism of Arbour has focused on her lack of subtlety in explaining fat-shaming, obesity and health. She uses the unconstructive criticism that can be sensitive to people’s feeling. Also, other people see her comments as bullying instead of being an intense form of

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