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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Serina Sandhu

Woman calls card from Overweight Haters Ltd 'cowardly'

A woman has called a card she was given by Overweight Haters Ltd "cowardly" and "hateful".

Kara Flourish said she was given the note while travelling on the Tube in London.

It reads: “Our organisation hates and resents fat people. We object to the enormous amount of food resources you consume while half the world starves.”

“We disapprove of your wasting NHS money to treat your selfish greed. And we do not understand why you fail to grasp that by eating less you will be better off, slimmer, happy and find a partner who is not a perverted chubby-lover, or even find a partner at all.”

“We also object that the beatiful pig is used as an insult [sic]. You are not a pig. You are a fat, ugly human.”

In a social media post, Ms Flourish said she wanted people to share the note to express their outrage.

“I am not upset myself, I am smaller than the national average and not exactly obese, but this is hateful and cowardly and could potentially upset people struggling with confidence and eating disorders. Please tweet and share this if you are also outraged. Plus- to the person who wrote this card, go back to school, you can’t spell beautiful.”

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