Geesh, interesting convos and sub-convos
! Truly. Food for thought (wow, no pun intended there
).
Food doesn't cause diabetes, btw. Not in any way, shape, or form. There
are many foods that are *bad* for diabetics. Also, being
overweight causes diabetes -- and that's also where food comes in. So, we can't blame Paula's food for
causing diabetes.
It doesn't bother me that she hid her diabetes, that's her personal and private information. She didn't get diabetes from her food, she got diabetes from those things that cause diabetes. If she was thin and got diabetes, I wonder if people still would try to blame her food, I dunno. I did lose respect for her when she did the drug company deal bc it appeared to me then that she first wanted to hide her diabetes (which is fine) until she could make money from it...then it seemed attractive to make public and it seemed kinda slimy.
As for the N word, it shouldn't be used - we've all been told of how degrading it is; and so, imo, it should not be used by whites, blacks, purples, oranges, whatever. I can't stand that for some, it's okay to use it - but not for others. You can't have it both ways bc it looks hypocritical. Not to mention if one uses it, it just encourages others to use it...why not shoot yourself in the foot instead?