On Tuesday, December 20, staff and students at Willard Intermediate South school were injured when two dogs identified as a pit bull mix breed made their way into the playground.
That's not a fucking pitbull then IS IT?!
The dogs were euthanized in order to be tested for rabies. The tests will be completed today, and we expect to have results within the next couple of days. During the investigation, it was determined that one of the dogs was not vaccinated and no proof could be provided that the other was up to date on its vaccinations.
So it could've been rabies but you go straight to the bullshit bioessentialism and insinuation that genetics can predispose one to violence.
Obligatory link to my effort post on this phenomenon (reddit link because the OG here is in archive limbo)
the bias against pit bulls is so fucking strong and pervasive, i tried to bring up that recent study that shows breed has very little effect on behavior to my partner's cousin at a family function a while back and i stg you'd think i had told her she could fly if she just jumped and missed the ground
just immediate, fierce rejection of the idea that pit bulls could be anything other than vicious little genocide enthusiasts, from an otherwise mostly reasonable person. it's awful.
Hexbear really disappointing me this morning. Got a bunch of reactionary comments in this thread already. Fuck these people.
yeah jesus what the fuck, i'm just reading through the comments now and i see a few people who need to get their head out of their asses
You had to post a pitbull thread…these always bring out the worst vibes. The anti-pitbull brigade is disappointing.
We have to do house cleaning once in a while and this already caught one reactionary.
But seriously I made this post because I saw a news article that reminded me of the 90s era pit bull hysteria that coincided with a bunch of other racist tropes.