I've had naturally thin friends, friends who were average, friends who were fat because of medication, friends who were fat from their diet. I've seen people say they don't eat much and wonder why they don't lose weight, and then eat a huge plate of spaghetti and cheese for dinner. At the end of the day though, they are all adults. It's not my job to police their body and their diet. (Unless they are children, or specifically my children... which is something I'm not planning on).

Picking on any body shape is pretty low in my book though I understand why it happens. Being hassled happens when you are outside of what is considered acceptable. Whether that's fat, disabled, gay, trans, not white, etc. (I'm not comparing any of these things, btw, just saying they are all at some level consciously or unconsciously considered "bad" by american culture and thus people can experience some grief over it). And it's very common who feel wronged to lash out at the "others" who they feel have walked all over them. Even if the person in question doesn't even know them and their only crime was being a member of that targeted group. This goes both ways. Bigotry does not solve bigotry, and at the end of the day you're still living in a society that has vicious undercurrents of hate swirling between every group conceivable. It's not all cynical though, hatred isn't the only thing around, there are also these vast webs of love and friendship that tie people together. And every emotion that comes between hate and love too. Things can get tangled though. Human beings are really complicated.

I don't even remember where I was going with this. But I don't think the goal of the end game should be to eliminate negative things. Understand what they are, why they happen. Build yourself up to work through them to reach a point of understanding and mutual respect and tolerance.