Comedian close down after ‘Dear Fat People’ goes viral

Comedian and YouTube star Nicole Arbour, whose videos frequently get millions of views, is descent — and she embraces that.

But after her viral video “Dear Fat People” perceived cheer from commenters and leaders in a physique acceptance community, her YouTube and Google+ channels were temporarily infirm Sunday.

“We literally pennyless a Internet… With comedy. #censorship” Arbour tweeted after her comment was taken down. (It has given been reinstated.) The video remained posted during Facebook, where it has some-more than 18 million views and 175,000 likes.

In a argumentative video, Arbour says, “Fat degrading is not a thing. Fat people done that up. That’s a competition card, with no race.” She goes on to clear her indicate in a spirited, six-minute video.

In a YouTube community, where acceptance has flourished and users are stirred to share their possess stories (including a high-profile, celebrity-driven “It Gets Better” campaign), a video’s recoil was not unexpected.

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“Fat degrading is a thing. It’s a unequivocally large thing, no joke intended. It is a unequivocally nasty primogenitor of a incomparable primogenitor problem called physique shaming, that I’m sincerely certain everybody on a planet, generally women, have experienced,” Thore says.

Tyler Oakley, arguably one of YouTube’s many tangible personalities, voiced his dismay over a video.

Arbour, however, embraces a purpose as a argumentative comedian.

“She’s like a Donald Trump of YouTube,” one commenter wrote on her Sept. 5 post patrician “Most Offensive Video EVER

The video calls out race, childhood obesity, “stupid people,” violence and some-more argumentative issues. However, Arbour stresses on Twitter, it’s in a form of satire.

Arbour continues to twitter about YouTube disabling her account.

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