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pepper2012 posted...

im not advocating any discrimination of any kind, however saying someone is fat when they are fat is an observation

But you do understand that people also use it in the pejorative? And that even if you mean it as a neutral observation that some people are still going to hear it as a pejorative?

You can only control what you say, not what they hear.

So what is the precise benefit in saying, "You are fat and unhealthy.", over "You have a lot of fat, and that's unhealthy.", when you know there is the possibility the listener may take the first statement as a personal belittlement, and it is more difficult to perceive the second statement the same way?