Besides being disrespectful and harsh, Nicole Arbour’s video scolds fat people for their size was simply out of order.
During the six-minute video that started the debate, the comedian monologues about how fat shaming was made up. "Fat people made that up," Arbour says. “That's the race card, with no race.” She also attacks people who are body positive about being fat.
“I don’t feel bad for you because you are taking your body for granted," said Arbour. "What are you going to do, fat people? You going to chase me? I can get away from you by walking at a reasonable pace.”
Arbour says she momentarily got her YouTube channel terminated after posting the fat-shaming video, though the BBC disclosed that others had blamed her of removing her own channel to gain pity. …show more content…
However, in cases where a channel or video is incorrectly flagged by the community and subsequently removed, we work quickly to reinstate it.”
Arbour says that her video was sarcastic and entertaining—however many critics failed to see the humor that Arbour was trying to convey.
The responses on YouTube grew as people posted videos describing their anger towards Arbour’s video. A few well-known YouTube public figures, like Grace Helbig, also responded to Arbour’s commentary. “She’s a comedian, and she’s sending a message to fat people to stop being fat,” Helbig said her emotional response video about Arbour. “And she goes into these really mean ways of explaining it. Nicole, I don’t know you at all. But you seem really smart, and you seem like you have comedic timing. It just comes off selfish and mean.”
The true defeat of Arbour’s fat-shaming video was not its passiveness or even its lack of comedy, but that it was packed with false information about the very real prejudice overweight and obese people
During the six-minute video that started the debate, the comedian monologues about how fat shaming was made up. "Fat people made that up," Arbour says. “That's the race card, with no race.” She also attacks people who are body positive about being fat.
“I don’t feel bad for you because you are taking your body for granted," said Arbour. "What are you going to do, fat people? You going to chase me? I can get away from you by walking at a reasonable pace.”
Arbour says she momentarily got her YouTube channel terminated after posting the fat-shaming video, though the BBC disclosed that others had blamed her of removing her own channel to gain pity. …show more content…
However, in cases where a channel or video is incorrectly flagged by the community and subsequently removed, we work quickly to reinstate it.”
Arbour says that her video was sarcastic and entertaining—however many critics failed to see the humor that Arbour was trying to convey.
The responses on YouTube grew as people posted videos describing their anger towards Arbour’s video. A few well-known YouTube public figures, like Grace Helbig, also responded to Arbour’s commentary. “She’s a comedian, and she’s sending a message to fat people to stop being fat,” Helbig said her emotional response video about Arbour. “And she goes into these really mean ways of explaining it. Nicole, I don’t know you at all. But you seem really smart, and you seem like you have comedic timing. It just comes off selfish and mean.”
The true defeat of Arbour’s fat-shaming video was not its passiveness or even its lack of comedy, but that it was packed with false information about the very real prejudice overweight and obese people