Agreed, but FPH can be different things to different people.  Its purpose per its founders is unambiguously revealed in its name.  For me, who could never quite bring myself to hate the actual (fat) people, it was about hating their disgusting habits and the even more disgusting manifestation of those habits in the fat person's appearance.  I got some down-votes for my POV on it, but I am a bigger fan of honesty than of imaginary internet points. And yeah there were a lot of fat lurkers in that sub, none there for its openly stated purpose (to hate fat people) but each for his or her own purpose.  Some were there to downvote and to work and plan for an end to the sub.  Some were there to benefit from the hard truth.  It's not unlike basic training in the military.  The drill sergeant may have his own reasons for giving you an earful, but you can take from it benefits the drill sergeant didn't even intend. So no, none of this changes what the sub was about.  But it does go to show that this "evil" sub did provide unintended benefits to some people.  And I am happy it did.