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Aplus-sized influencerstaged a protest over what she described as blatant discrimination against fat travelers.
Jaelynn Chaney, 28, accused theSeattle-Tacoma International Airportof violating peoples rights after she was denied wheelchair assistance.
SeaTac violates our rights.
#WheelchairAccessForAll, screamed a sign she held up in the middle of the airport.
Im not alonethis has happened to other fat travelers, too.
But instead, they lie, deny services, and leave disabled fat travelers stranded, she added.
This is unacceptable, and I will not stay silent.
If youre scared, tell me and Ill speak up for you, she continued.
Ill use this platform Im grateful to have to uplift you and amplify your voice.
Most netizens werent too sympathetic about her situation.
Why should someone risk physical injury to push you?
I looked at her profile, she can walk!!!
one commenter said, while another wrote, Being fat isnt an identity or a disability.
Get yourself an electronic wheelchair and push yourself, one suggested
Wheelchairs are for disabled people.
Not able bodied people eating themselves into the grave.
I wouldnt risk my back to push you, another wrote.
Overweight people are still people and they need help too, said another.
Last year, she went viral after posting a videoaccusing an airport staffer of refusing to push her wheelchair.
This is discrimination, nobody should be treated this way, she added.
The plus-size activistclapped back at critics for comparing her body to luggageand demanding she pay extra to fly.
Some of the charges against Jaelynn were subsequently dropped, the YouTuber said.
Netizens had mixed reactions to Jaelynns latest protest in the middle of the airport
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