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EDIT: Disappointed in both the direction of discussions in this thread and also by that fact so many didn't even bother watching the video before responding.

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[–] CommCat@hexbear.net 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (6 children)

stop comparing animals to humans, and no I'm not gonna watch the 1 hr youtube video. Dogs have been selectively bred for thousands of years for specific traits to perform certain tasks (herding, hunting, companionship etc..). Unlike cats, dog breeds are real. Weather you want to believe or not, pitbulls are fighting dogs, why else would they be the dog of choice for dogmen (professional dog fighters) when it was a legal "sport" and still the dog of choice for illegal dog fighting rings now? Joseph L Colby, a pioneer of the pitbull breed, wrote a comprehensive book on American Pit bull Terriers, mostly about dog fighting (when it was legal) (CW: extreme animal cruelty):

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.%24b28129&seq=1

Pitbulls are strong powerful dogs, it's a zero mistake dog, because they will cause severe injury or death if they snap.

[–] Frivolous_Beatnik@hexbear.net 52 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

No investigation, no right to speak. Nobody is saying discriminating against the breed is racist to the dogs - the vilifying of pit bulls specifically is part of a longstanding and pernicious campaign of racial stereotyping of the dogs in association with their owners. The image of these dogs is intrinsically linked in rotten American society and popular consciousness to black and latino people, and that is indeed part of a racist crusade.

edit: also, seriously? you're just going to come in to the thread, start out by saying "I'm not watching that" and then "whatever it's about, there's no racism get over it"? fuck off

[–] Florn@hexbear.net 37 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Exactly. German Shepherds are as dangerous as a shotgun on the coffee table but see how much traction you can get to ban them. It's never been about the dogs themselves.

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ooh, could we pretty please ban German Shepherds?

Nazis and Cops would be so mad, and they make up certainly at least the plurality of GSD "owners".

Inb4 same-picture

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Can we ban beagles but only the one old beagle that’s always passed out at the bar I go to and never available for petting? And by ban I mean can he live in my house headpat

God, I fucking love him

[–] SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net 40 points 3 days ago

So you won't watch the video to understand the title, but still find it necessary to outright dismiss that racism has anything to do with it. 🤡

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 36 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Sorry I don't think "I'm gonna not asses the argument and just dump a rant based on the headline I misinterpreted" is a valuable contribution to the discussion.

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 27 points 3 days ago

Always some bullshit surrounding dogs on this site. Very first comment just had to be this.

[–] vanDerVaartBlackenedRanch@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)
[–] Monk3brain3@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago

comparing animals to humans

This is a liberal rebrand. One has to ask how is it not racism to be comparing the treatment of a violent breed of a non sentient species to whatever subgroup of humanity is being racially targeted. As an example, we all know how the biggest asmongold aka roach man type losers love to bring up FBI crime stastics on how African American supposedly do the most crimes and ignore that a serial pedophileremoved white man can be president. We all know this statistics are bullshit. Meanwhile pitbulls along with other violent breeds are vastly more dangerous than others and comparing these cases is a massive disservice to Africa Americans and a cynical use of a real issue by western leftists.

I will watch the video but I am already so out off by this braindead title