Canadian YouTube star encourages fat-shaming in widely criticized video

A Canadian YouTube star has attracted internet outrage, due to a video in which she encourages others to shame obese people.

Toronto-basedcomedian Nicole Arbour released the video titled Dear Fat People to Facebook and YouTube, in which she states that fat people should be shamed until they lose weight. The video contains offensive language.

"Shame people with bad habits,"Arbour saysin the videowhich has more than 1.3million views on YouTube."I don't feel bad for you because you are taking your body for granted."

The video quickly generated intense online reaction on various social media.

Many found that Arbour's encouragement simply adds to the shame overweight people face in day-to-day life.

WARNING: the videos below contain explicit language.

"It's so easy to go after fat people because it's a lot of time and effort to view fat people as people, and to view them as well as fully formed people that you have to get to know," MeghanTonjes saysin her response video. Tonjes is a singer who regularly posts on YouTube about body issues.

"I don't believe you're the first person to tell a fat person to stop being fat," saysGrace Helbig, a comedian with aprominent following on YouTube."Most people with body image issues are pretty self-aware deep down and so what you're really seeming to say is 'Stop being a human being.'"

Arbour began to respond to the criticism, calling the video a "trap" for "trolls and white knights." She also accused critics of not understanding her satire.

Her YouTube video was briefly taken down on Sept. 6, though it reappeared soon after. Arbour claims the incident was an attempt at censorship.

As criticism mounted, she posted a second video titled Most Offensive Video EVER, in which she attempts to defend her previous one. Like the first, this video contains profane language.

"Keyboard warriors are trying to murder comedy," she says, adding that her detractors should learn that she doesn't care about their feelings.

Arbour's video has its supporters, who argue that the video is meant to be humorous and a form of social commentary.

"This was only an issue because this particular group wants to be immune to satire, while laughing at everyone else. We all need to relax, laugh at everyone, and learn to turn off something we don't like, not try and wipe its existence," Arbour told BuzzFeed.