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A Lot Of People Are Upset About A YouTuber's Fat-Shaming Video

Nicole Arbour's video, which she says was satire, has a lot of people talking.

Comedian Nicole Arbour uploaded a video to YouTube on Friday titled "Dear Fat People." The video, which shows Arbour joking about obese people, struck a chord with many on the internet.

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Since being posted, the video has amassed more than 17 million views on Facebook and more than half a million views on YouTube.

Soon after being uploaded, Arbour's YouTube channel, as well as the videos she'd created, was suspended. She took to Twitter to say that she'd been censored for her comedy.

We literally broke the Internet... With comedy. #censorship

The video in question technically doesn't break YouTube's guidelines, and Arbour's channel has since been reinstated.

Wow, I'm the first comedian in the history of @YouTube to be #censored There are graphic videos about murder and torture, but satire is 🙊🙅🏼

Online criticism of the comedian has spawned a number of reactions — some in favor and some against — Abour's video, which she says was satire.

Lots of people expressed their opinions on social media:

@NicoleArbour is an obnoxious, unfunny, wannabe jenna marbles :|

Feel free to have your own opinion, but most of what you said in that video was completely incorrect and disrespectful @NicoleArbour

@NicoleArbour you have a lot of people around the world viewing your videos. Say stuff that won't fucking lead bigger girls into depression.

And others, like Whitney Way Thore — who appears in the TLC show My Big Fat Fabulous Life — posted a reaction video in response to Abour's original video, discussing the effects of body-shaming.

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Thor, who has polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), says in the video, "You cannot tell a person’s health, physical or otherwise, from looking at them."

Grace Helbig, another popular YouTuber, managed to weigh in on the subject:

Helbig's full response can be seen here.

Although a lot of people have come down on Arbour for her views on obesity, she still has many who support her.

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YouTuber skagg 3 posted a video on Sunday backing the comedian. He makes this point in the video: "We can't joke about obesity, but presumably we can joke about AIDS, cancer, drug addiction, alcoholism — the list of things we joke about daily is endless."

In addition to the response videos defending Arbour's views, there were many people on Facebook and Twitter who agreed with her as well:

I support @NicoleArbour don't like her don't watch her. YouTube deleting her channel is insane.

I don't think @NicoleArbour really deserves all this hate. She' makes some valid points. We shouldn't support things that destroy health.

BuzzFeed has reached out to Arbour for comment.

Update

Arbour has responded to BuzzFeed's request for comment.

When asked how she's been handling the criticism she's been met with online, Arbour had this to say: "Will I take what strangers on the internet say about me personally? No."

Moving forward, Arbour says she will have a disclaimer appear on her future videos about her channel's content.

Arbour says this incident will "absolutely not" hold her back from discussing sensitive topics in the future. She feels this particular issue is "over free speech and artistic expression being cock blocked."