There & Back Again: Here’s a short lesson for you:Someone posts a picture of a food item…

mskassinova:

ministerr-for-magic:

Here’s a short lesson for you:

Someone posts a picture of a food item that has a high sugar count. They tag it ‘diabetes’ because they mistakenly think sugar causes Diabetes. Diabetics who roam the tag then proceed to let that person know they did wrong. Of the following options, which do you…

To help you put it into perspective: Someone kicks you in the shin once by accident. You say “ow”, accept an apology and leave it at that. Someone kicks you in the shin for the thousandth time, accident or not, and you say “WHAT IN THE FUCKING CHRIST, YOU CLUMSY ASSHOLE.” I’ve stopped feeling sorry for the ignorant. And not just about diabetes. Willful ignorance isn’t an accident, it’s a choice.

The thing about most of the people who tag sugary or fatty foods with #diabetes? Saying anything, polite or otherwise, is not going to make them see that what they did was ignorant, hurtful, and continuing the spread of misinformation under the guise of “joking.” Because to them, that’s all it is: a joke. Because most of the time? It doesn’t affect them, and often times it doesn’t affect anyone they know and love, and because they’ve bought into the ideas that diabetes is caused by too much sugar or by eating to much and not exercising. They don’t want to know about the truth about diabetes, because they don’t see a need for the information. Because, clearly, only people who have diabetes need to know anything about diabetes.

There & Back Again: Here’s a short lesson for you:Someone posts a picture of a food item…