Teh One Who Knocks
10-19-2017, 10:19 AM
FOX News
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A fitness company in the UK recently came under fire for an advertisement they posted outside of a school, and the owner wasn’t too happy about it.
Skinnypigs Fitness placed a banner outside of a school announcing the more than “100 classes” they offer. The ad features a two figures, one heavy with an arrow pointing at a much slimmer silhouette wearing a bikini. Next to the images is a bold yellow “CAUTION: Skinnypigs will make you look better naked.”
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On Twitter, people took issue with both the message and the location.
Heather Peacock tweeted, "What element of totally inappropriate shall we say about this SkinnypigsUK?? Put up outside a school?! Come on!!"
Sarah Davy write, "That's so shocking in so many ways. Negative body image, inappropriate location & a truly awful company name."
While another Twitter user accused Skinnypigs of "purporting outdated and dangerous gender stereotypes.”
Skinnypigs owner, Jonathan Hair, was not on board with the attacks his business was receiving and went on the defensive, resulting in a heated back-and-forth on the social media site.
Hair tweeted from the Skinnypigs handle, “You don't even realise that modern feminism is so polluted with self loathing, man hating looms. We have equality now, it's a good thing. While we are giving advice, stop being a feminazi, you are in the wrong side of history. You'll see when you're all growed up."
Typical feminazis, all roll off the production line with purple hair and thick rimmed square glasses ready to complain about everything 😂
— Skinnypigs® Fitness (@SkinnypigsUK) October 17, 2017
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Hair even directly attacked one of his critics saying, "Thanks for the input, you'd look far less stupid if you looked into what Skinnypigs is and has achieved if you did a little research."
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In another he added: "Oooo a feminazi eh, I should have known with the glasses."
He told another critic: "Just another whiny feminazi who will end up bitter and alone with house full of cats (but thinks she can change the world by complaining)"
His responses fueled his opponents’ fire, and many launched more attacks about the perceived fat-shaming sign, and vowed to no longer give business to Skinnypigs.
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The Twitter storm swelled to include Skinnypigs die-hards, who came to their favorite fitness centers aid by sharing their own weight loss success stories.
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One Twitter user said, "Getting ready for Skinnypigs, a place we support, encourage and empower each other."
Hair spoke to Mirror Online and defended his responses, saying he had “nothing to be sorry for.”
"It is open season on me at the moment," he said. "To be honest I wish I just ignored it.
"I'm quite worried, I employ 50 people, 48 are women, they are ringing me crying thinking they might not have jobs,” he said. "The people attacking us have no empathy. They don't realize there are real world repercussions, this is people's livelihood."
He continued saying, "All the hate I was getting, people calling me sexist. I just replied that over the last seven years I have helped over 100 women feel better in their own skins, what have you done? I felt like my back was against the wall. It was an online lynch mob. People were just throwing out adjectives.”
Though Hair did say his words weren’t as harsh as the attacks on him.
"Everything I said was tongue in cheek and I got a lot worse than what I gave by a country mile."
https://i.imgur.com/Yut6H1B.jpg
A fitness company in the UK recently came under fire for an advertisement they posted outside of a school, and the owner wasn’t too happy about it.
Skinnypigs Fitness placed a banner outside of a school announcing the more than “100 classes” they offer. The ad features a two figures, one heavy with an arrow pointing at a much slimmer silhouette wearing a bikini. Next to the images is a bold yellow “CAUTION: Skinnypigs will make you look better naked.”
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On Twitter, people took issue with both the message and the location.
Heather Peacock tweeted, "What element of totally inappropriate shall we say about this SkinnypigsUK?? Put up outside a school?! Come on!!"
Sarah Davy write, "That's so shocking in so many ways. Negative body image, inappropriate location & a truly awful company name."
While another Twitter user accused Skinnypigs of "purporting outdated and dangerous gender stereotypes.”
Skinnypigs owner, Jonathan Hair, was not on board with the attacks his business was receiving and went on the defensive, resulting in a heated back-and-forth on the social media site.
Hair tweeted from the Skinnypigs handle, “You don't even realise that modern feminism is so polluted with self loathing, man hating looms. We have equality now, it's a good thing. While we are giving advice, stop being a feminazi, you are in the wrong side of history. You'll see when you're all growed up."
Typical feminazis, all roll off the production line with purple hair and thick rimmed square glasses ready to complain about everything 😂
— Skinnypigs® Fitness (@SkinnypigsUK) October 17, 2017
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Hair even directly attacked one of his critics saying, "Thanks for the input, you'd look far less stupid if you looked into what Skinnypigs is and has achieved if you did a little research."
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In another he added: "Oooo a feminazi eh, I should have known with the glasses."
He told another critic: "Just another whiny feminazi who will end up bitter and alone with house full of cats (but thinks she can change the world by complaining)"
His responses fueled his opponents’ fire, and many launched more attacks about the perceived fat-shaming sign, and vowed to no longer give business to Skinnypigs.
920540736726106114
920618646417870849
The Twitter storm swelled to include Skinnypigs die-hards, who came to their favorite fitness centers aid by sharing their own weight loss success stories.
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One Twitter user said, "Getting ready for Skinnypigs, a place we support, encourage and empower each other."
Hair spoke to Mirror Online and defended his responses, saying he had “nothing to be sorry for.”
"It is open season on me at the moment," he said. "To be honest I wish I just ignored it.
"I'm quite worried, I employ 50 people, 48 are women, they are ringing me crying thinking they might not have jobs,” he said. "The people attacking us have no empathy. They don't realize there are real world repercussions, this is people's livelihood."
He continued saying, "All the hate I was getting, people calling me sexist. I just replied that over the last seven years I have helped over 100 women feel better in their own skins, what have you done? I felt like my back was against the wall. It was an online lynch mob. People were just throwing out adjectives.”
Though Hair did say his words weren’t as harsh as the attacks on him.
"Everything I said was tongue in cheek and I got a lot worse than what I gave by a country mile."