The war against Paula Deen

Many critics have laid into Paula Deen, but their criticism is way off base. 
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But most of the criticisms I’ve seen have focused on the fat, rather than the carbs, so this is just a battle in the overall ignorant (and deadly) war on dietary fat. Not that there isn’t some anti-southern bigotry involved as well, of course. Like that against Christians, it’s the only other acceptable form of bigotry among the politically correct elite.

Exactly correct.
In diabetes classes like those that I have taken, the focus is on carbs. You must count carbs. They pay little attention to fat, or to calories. Those are important, of course.