apparently ben stiller's character from "dodgeball" was based on a real person

Um, wow. Giant douchebag Michael Karolchyk owns a Denver gym called "Anti-Gym", whose slogan is "No Chubbies" and "motivational techniques" include being pelted with cupcakes while on a treadmill. Oh also, you have to be screened just to join, and parts of the gym are off-limits unless you meet a BMI requirement.

And check out his horrifically vile commercials, especially the first one (titled "Hottie") in which Karolchyk physically assaults a woman while screaming "Moo! You're never going to have a hubby if you're a chubby! NO CHUBBIES!!" at her.

Thanks for once again proving that fat-bashing is the last socially acceptable form of prejudice in our country. People are still getting away with racism and homophobia and misogyny, but in most cases they have to be at least a little subtle about it. (ie. Masking anti-choice rhetoric in a cloak of "I just love baybeez!" bullshit when what you really feel is that women shouldn't have the right to make their own medical decisions.) And I'm really sick of the "Well, they have a choice about being fat, but people don't have a choice about whether they're gay/black/female!" justification. A) That's flat wrong in a lot of cases; B) You're assuming "Hetero white male" is some kind of default setting for the entire human race, and everyone would be one if they could choose? Uh, no.

Well, at least we'll know who to put up against the wall when the revolution comes: This asshole, and all the dipshits stupid enough to fork over their money to be insulted by him.

If he really wants people to lose weight and be healthier, he's going about it in a completely ass-backwards way. Study after study has proven that bullying people about their weight doesn't make them lose weight. In fact, it often makes them put on more. But I suspect he really doesn't give a rat's ass about other people's health. This is just the best way to incorporate his self-loathing, 'roid rage, and misogyny into one dream career.

The human race is not one size fits all. People come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and weight is not the only indicator of health. Don't think you can look at someone's weight and think you know everything there is to know about their lifestyle ("They sit on their ass all day eating cupcakes!") or health. I can guarantee you, you don't. And don't think you have a right to judge or abuse them, either. Because that, you absolutely do not have.

And Michael Karolchyk is cordially invited to kiss my fat ass.