Hey internetians, what's good? . . . . Get it? hahahaha XD Anyways, so I don't know if you have seen the latest viral videos but theres currently one out called "Dear Fat People" by a woman named Nicole Arbour. The first time I saw this video I was so taken aback I had to step away from computer a while and do something else because it was just so vulgar. What she does is say obnoxious things about fat people, or people in general because she thinks that the only reason that their fat is due to overeating, and by embarrassing them in a youtube video she'll make them stop eating and lose weight. Like giving them a healthy shot of anorexia. Yep, that'll do it!
The basis of this video was just so ridiculous I was just morbidly fascinated. How could someone say things that are just so ignorant? Even though I know its not right to support someone who spreads so much negativity on the internet, I began to watch more of her videos. I began to watch the rebbutals from people against her "Dear Fat People" videos. I watched the CNN special where the covered her channel being taken down for a period of time. I saw her twitter post where she says she was being "#censored". All of it was just so ridiculous however as I watched more and more things started to come into focus for me, the fascination started dwindling.The last thing I watched from her was a live video stream from her facebook page that she had done earlier, talking about the issues in the video and why she believed what she believed. That was when some of my questions were answered and Nicole Arbour the person began to make more sense.
For anyone, who has watched this video is so confused, like I was, on how a person could be so ignorant and rude, I have a theory that may help put things in perspective for you. . .
Nicole Arbour is a person who believes in tough love and self-empowerment, which are good things! At first that was a more general topic, and was more pliable to be applied to every person. However a little later she got into an accident that left her with an awful pain disorder. It was to the point where she couldn't get up out of her bed, and was on several powerful pain medications. One day though, she decided to not let the pain disorder stop her from living. So she worked on pain management and got off all her pills. That is absolutely fantastic and so awesome. It is because of this though that she believes with a bit of tough love, and pushing every person can be as strong she is and just get up out of bed and decide to live their life, although that is not always the case.
As I watched her videos as well, I noticed she has a crude way of wording things. Most of the time I understand her points that she is truing to make, although along the way she either intentionally or unintentionally makes fun of someone, or something in the process. She also does a slapstick sort of comedy where she makes assumptions based on people because of stereotypes and tries to twist it, making it silly. That isn't a great way to do say things but that's how some people like to give it. Sometimes people can make it work, and other times they just can't. Nicole Arbour is just one of those people who just can't do it.
I was so taken aback by this video at first glance that I totally understand how people are so offended. I would be offended is someone talked about my issues that way. Body-shaming, or bullying is a serious issue and it applies to everyone in one way or another. Its wrong. She thinks the only way to be comical is to tease or make fun of somebody, which she stated. That is just not correct. Has she ever seen an animal video, like the one where the panda's are sneezing? Has she ever seen AFV videos which is more violent, falling on a banana peel humor?
So, between her twisted views on self-empowerment and tough-love along with her warped perspective on comedy, Nicole Arbour is just one big mess. So she took social issue that she believes could be easily fixed with a little poking and prodding and took it to level where it didn't need to go. However despite what a lot of people may think, it wasn't done to be malicious at all. She genuinely thinks that by creating this video she is just being funny and maybe inspiring some people to get in shape. She did not expect all of the backlash she got. She can deal with all of the negative comments and "hate" because she endured worse pain, and she's confident enough in herself.
If you watch some of the videos from Nicole Arbour's live feeds, you kind of get to see her real personality and realize, she's not actually that terrible. She's genuine, nice to all her fans, and even gives a shoutout to a man who thinks she hates him because he's overweight. She honestly doesn't care what you do with your life as long as you take care of your body as you should. However the way she phrased the video, combined with her comedy, she essentially just trips over her own two feet there. In general, Nicole is not a mean, or rude person, just has some skewed beliefs and is not very good with her words.
Hope that helps clear things up with that! Don't be afraid to send me some questions via my social media on this topic or other topics! Look out for my youtub video that will go hand in hand with this blog post! Here is the link to Nicole Arbour's Video in case you have no idea what I am talking about! See ya soon internet!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXFgNhyP4-A
