Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
I can only comment on how things worked for me. Using the inspiration of being called "fatso" did help me to change my behaviors and make me a better person.
So these people were right to call you "fatso" because it had a beneficial influence on your life?
In fact, had it not been for them you may never have changed.
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Being called "faggot" is a totally different issue, in that it involves sexual preference, which to a large degree is not a choice like being fat is.
But the goal of the name-callers was to ostracize you.
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os·tra·cize ( P ) Pronunciation Key (str-sz)
tr.v. os·tra·cized, os·tra·ciz·ing, os·tra·ciz·es
To banish by ostracism, as in ancient Greece.
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And they were successful, through the use of name-calling.
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
....since choosing to change one's sexual preferences is much less a matter of choice that choosing to lose weight.
So how did yours change if you didn't choose to change it?