Kinda related:

Turns out "I don't like pitbulls and those kind of dogs" is a dogwhistle in yankland. Fucking everything is a dogwhistle, even the word "boy" turns out to be a dogwhistle too. Fuck dammit stop being so fucking racist.

  • Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]
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    2 years ago

    I wouldn't say it's so much that pitbulls are associated with black people as it is that talking about the breed being inherently violent is often associated with thinking that certain types of people are inherently violent.

    • THC
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      1 year ago

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      • Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]
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        2 years ago

        I've known pits (might have be a pit mix) that are some of the sweetest dogs I've ever met, and they didn't have any specialized training, just a loving home and room to run around. And I really doubt that putting a dog through a training course would prevent a redneck methhead from making them aggressive.

        • THC
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          1 year ago

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          • Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]
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            2 years ago

            But what happens when they just buy a dog that passed the test and then bring them home and treat them like shit? Are you gonna make people bring their dogs in every year and take them away if they ever fail?

            • THC
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              1 year ago

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    • edge [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      It's a bit of both. Which is the basis for that incredibly racist rockthrow comic.