“Palestinians need us to be selfless right now.”
1. I doubt J has ever had a purely selfless thought or done a purely selfless deed in her entire life
I challenge Juliana to have a selfless thought for the EMT, CNA, or RN who will suffer a disabling injury while trying to move her bedridden self. Or for her mother, who recently lost her husband, and will inevitably see her daughter die, too.
You first, Juliana; you first.
2. How are Palestinians helped by an upsetting closeup of the face of American excess? How is anyone ever helped by these awful closeups all these fats post, excluding people who need motivation to stop overeating?
It's totally not about the Palestinians at all, and absolutely about giving Juliana a chance to pretend she's compassionate. That's it.
3. Does she (or any of these people) really think she’s changing anyone’s mind? Either her followers already agree with her, which is 85% likely, 5% won’t care either way, 5% are just going to be turned off because they’re pro-Israel, and maaaaybe the remaining 5% are weak-willed enough that J Aprileo of all people has the power to convince them of anything.
Nobody will change their mind because of anything Juliana posts. But if she keeps banging the drum (fatly) for Hamas, and so do a lot of other fat influencers, then they make it clear which side you have to be on, if you want to be a good fat activist.
I'll probably earn myself some moai stickers for this, but if the last four years have proved anything, most people are abject fucking cowards who will shut up and go along with whatever the loudest and bossiest among them decree, whether it's correct or just or not, because they can't cope with the social rejection that comes with saying, "Actually, no," and standing up for reality. And any fatgirl who believes she's found a loving, accepting "community" with the body positivity/fat lib deathcult is going to be even more incapable of standing up for reality, because joining the cult in the first place is a sure sign that she's reality-averse.
So while nobody but the most uninformed root vegetable might change their mind due to anything Juliana herself has to say, seeing so many fatty influencers coming out as pro-Hamas on one's Insta or TikTok feed lets the herd know which position is acceptable, and which is not.
4. I saw J at a protest and snagged this picture:
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Juliana poses interesting challenges to the Muslim Palestinians she is so eager to champion. She's too fat to rape, much less hoist to the top of a building, and even if you got her to the roof, getting her over the parapet so she could fly free is a task only for those actively seeking martyrdom. Stoning? Shit, man, those rocks will just bounce right off her.
The most effective thing Hamas could do with her is pack her fatfolds with explosives, lash her to a remote-controlled scootypuff, and detonate her in Israeli territory—but they'd just end up repeating the Oregon Coast whale explosion, where multitudes were grossed the fuck out, but nobody died.