Comments on: Big Fat Rant

By: Paula

Paula — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:39:25 +0000

Rant, indeed. This is why I think you’re a peach, too. As for white shorts day in Annapolis, the only people we should mock are the madras shorts, popped collar spoiled rich kids!

By: Candace

Candace — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:50:29 +0000

I love you, Brad.

By: Theresa

Theresa — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:01:58 +0000

I think your post was lovely, and thank you. I have been slim my entire life, but after my son was stillborn, I gained almost 80 lbs from pure depression. It has taken a long time and a lot of work on myself to get healthy again, both emotionally and physically. I can’t tell you how much comments like hers would have hurt me even just a few months ago, let alone how much they bothered me now if only for the assiness of it. None of us knows other peoples stories when we just see them passing by in a store. Be compassionate. Young, old, fat, thin, tall, short, gay, straight, ethnic, or white as wonder bread…be proud, be strong, and just live and let live for Christ’s sake.

By: richard

richard — Sun, 31 May 2009 22:53:41 +0000

omg! its like who even cares anyone can rock anything its all about the pose
and attitude

By: Calliope

Calliope — Sun, 31 May 2009 22:10:28 +0000

Hating the overweight is the last form of socially “acceptable” bigotry, and it is every bit as reprehensible as discriminating against those who are black, white, gay, straight, short, tall, etc. It’s amazing to me that people can find so many ways to dislike and victimize each other. As I read comments on blogs, forums, etc. I am forever amazed and shocked at what people will write under the guise of “humor”. Get a clue, being an ignorant racist/bigot/philistine is not funny – and it never will be.

By: Brad

Brad — Sun, 31 May 2009 17:32:04 +0000

I wish there was some sort of filter I could enable so that only grammatically correct comments could get through.

By: antwan

antwan — Fri, 29 May 2009 06:46:03 +0000

heh. it was mean. period.

lol, i used to be fat as
fuck, so i recognize the
tone and the stares.

a reason i still don’t
feel comfortable enough
to wear shorts.

sad, but honest.

glad ya said something.

By: Sarah Moran

Sarah Moran — Fri, 29 May 2009 04:45:38 +0000

<3 brad. <3 people who have confidence in themselves. <3 short shorts. I’m also really <3ing josh madden’s novella response which is just putting all sorts of fun images in my head. Don’t <3 haters.

I also don’t understand twitter, but we can save that lesson for another day…

By: carmen

carmen — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:14:48 +0000

thomas he didn’t say being fat was the same as having cancer you idiot. he said they are both HEALTH ISSUES that are personal problems of the person who have them. it’s nobody’s problem but the person who has it.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:13:45 +0000

Wow some of you amaze me. Its funny how he had a little rant and you people go crazy like he talked shit on a whole race of people. And a couple of the ppl posting are his friends so I’d watch what you all say.