The fog of liberalism harms children

Doctors are being urged to call obese kids "obese" rather than finding kinder, gentler words. This is a common problem for liberals -- making people feel good and being liked is more important than reality. The "obese" problem is similar to teachers using purple instead of red to mark wrong answers because red is too offensive. See also: John Kerry's presidential campaign. He clearly felt that America's foreign policy should be reduced to making the world like us more, instead of doing what's right for the country.

Fox News:

Doctors ought to quit using fuzzy terms to define children's weight problems and instead refer to truly fat kids as overweight or obese, a committee of medical experts recommended.

Less blunt terms used by the government and many doctors diplomatically avoid the term "obese." Instead, they refer to children many would consider too fat as being "at risk for overweight," and "overweight" for those others would consider obese.

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"We need to describe this in medical terms, which is 'obesity.' When we talk to an individual family, we can be a little more cognizant of their feelings and more gentle, but that doesn't mean we can't discuss it," Washington said. "The evidence is clear that we need to bring it up."

This is similar to the terms we use for criminal aliens. An alien is a generic, legal term for a foreigner, and a criminal is someone who breaks the law -- hence "criminal alien". Liberals like to call them "undocumented workers", and recently one idiot liberal, Harry Reid, called them "undocumented Americans". Liberals believe calling criminals "criminals" is racist. I could never figure that one out.

This fog of liberalism not only clouds the issues, it harms America and our children.