• Nakoichi [they/them]
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      12 days ago

      No I pointed out the racist origins of pitbull hysteria and BSL redlining. Are you that obtuse? Or do you just internalize unscientific racist bullshit because it "feels right"

      • asa_red_heathen [he/him]
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        12 days ago

        You're saying that analyzing the behavior of different breeds is equivalent to phrenology, which implies that human "races" are as equivalently different from each other as dog breeds are, which is of course nonsense and racist.

        • Nakoichi [they/them]
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          12 days ago

          No I am arguing the so-called "science" behind it is racist. Do you have any counter arguments backed up with actual data because I presented several sources in my post.

          • asa_red_heathen [he/him]
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            12 days ago

            Yeah this

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            are absolutely more different from each other than a black person and a white person are from each other. Dogs have been selectively bred for ten thousand years, and they've been very specifically bred for different roles, literally changing their physical shape. Human beings have not, we're all pretty much the same. Unless you're going to argue that domestication and animal husbandry are fake then I do not see how this is equivalent to differences in melanin production.

            • Nakoichi [they/them]
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              12 days ago

              Show me the actual scientific data regarding aggression to humans.

              • asa_red_heathen [he/him]
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                12 days ago

                My specific argument is with you comparing differences in dog breeds to phrenology. I'm not saying that dogs of a specific breed are more aggressive; Im saying that comparing dog breeds on a morphological level is not the same as comparing human races on a morphological level. Phrenology is a pseudoscience specifically because human races do not vary morphologically, especially not in skull shape. You can easily measure a dog's skull to tell a Great Dane from a Chihuahua, which is why I used those breeds as an example.

            • RION [she/her]
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              12 days ago

              For another example beyond body profile, bloodhounds actually have more scent receptor cells than any other dog according to this article. A study from 2016 shows that scent hounds indeed perform better at sniffing for stuff. I did find a recent article about a study claiming to find evidence to the contrary, although it's a pre-print study that has not undergone peer review yet.

              • Nakoichi [they/them]
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                12 days ago

                None of this says anything about behavior or human aggression.

                • RION [she/her]
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                  12 days ago

                  Hi again - I hope this doesn't get too confusing since we've got two different threads going on but I'm not making any claims about human aggression. Maybe "behavior" if we count smelling things as behavior.

          • asa_red_heathen [he/him]
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            12 days ago

            No it is not lmao. Dog breeds most certainly do have drastic morphological differences created by humans selectively breeding them for thousands of years.

            • Nakoichi [they/them]
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              12 days ago

              Pitbulls haven't been a "breed" for longer than the early 20th century. That is not "thousands of years"

      • asa_red_heathen [he/him]
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        12 days ago

        That is true, Im not disputing that, but comparing the differences between dog breeds, which are wildly different morphologically, is not equivalent to phrenology and race science. Human races are not morphologically different from each other, race is a social construct.

        • Nakoichi [they/them]
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          12 days ago

          Please show me some science that backs up your assumptions then. Because I am telling you your assumptions are based on racially motivated pseudoscience.

          • asa_red_heathen [he/him]
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            12 days ago

            Im sorry but can you not see how a Chihuahua and a Great Dane are physically different from one another? One can entirely fit into the others mouth. I'm not arguing that Pit hysteria isnt founded in racism, but the concept that dogs breeds cannot be any more different from each other than human "races" are is insane.

            Your own sources above specifically state that different breeds are identifiable through genetic testing, idk exactly what else you want from me here.

            • Nakoichi [they/them]
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              12 days ago

              Chihuahua and a Great Dane are physically different from one another

              Already addressed in my post.