Does anyone remember the "self esteem movement" and how it fucked up kids? The "fat acceptance movement" is doing a very similar thing in the US and elsewhere. I'm in my early 40s and I grew up on the west coast, so I remember it well. The idea (which peaked in the 80s in popularity) was that kids shouldn't be criticized, or shamed for bad grades or bad behavior - if you just constantly tell them how wonderful they are, well, they'll grow up to be mentally healthy high achievers as adults. You sometimes see it today still practiced in various forms - for example, the idea of "participation medals" and making sure that everyone is a winner, etc. Of course, that was found out to be bull-fucking-shit. The "self esteem movement" fucked up hordes of children. Now many of them have grown up and become millenials and gen-Xers that think the world owes them something, they're all special snowflakes, et cetera, when in fact the end result of "self esteem" at all costs is a lazy, self-entitled, narcissistic (and frequently fat) adult.  I see the "fat acceptance movement" as very, very similar. We should all feel good about ourselves and get participation awards, even if we're fucking disgusting fat butterhuffing fat fuck pigs.  Shame has a very prosocial, very useful function. We are doing God's work here at FPH, even if the rest of the world doesn't quite realize it yet.