I probably made fun of the Fat Acceptance/Healthy at Every Size movements more than I should have. It’s not that it was punching down. The reality is that those groups had vast cultural power and it was easy to get canceled for standing against them.

What was more morally suspect is that both movements were populated by pitiful people who believed they had no agency. It’s not a good idea in general to make sport of the pathetic even if they do have some power. It’s just poor form.

Still, they deserved resistance because their movements spouted antiscientific nonsense and perpetuated great harm, especially against kids. That needed some form of smackdown.