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Wiked_Pissah t1_j1sjt8d wrote

Reply to comment by Trailwatch427 in A useful guide to surviving a dog attack by Witchdrdre

If that dog were a person and you said such a thing, I believe they refer to that as racism. I have met plenty of pit bulls that were as gentle as kittens. Dogs are not born evil, just like people are not. It is a learned behavior. Dogs most commonly act aggressive out of fear or pain. An abused dog is no different than an abused person. Both can kill.

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Unable-Bison-272 t1_j1tep58 wrote

Oh piss off with that shit. It’s not racism to recognize that fighting breeds are dangerous

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Wiked_Pissah t1_j1v7lg8 wrote

One could argue that assault rifles are dangerous too. But it's not the gun itself that is dangerous. It's the mental health of the one holding that is really dangerous. So piss off yourself!

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mmirate t1_j1vhu5r wrote

Guns are tools - metal, wood, and some springs - without a finger on the trigger, they are inert. Living animals are just that - living, biological creatures (albeit not sentient, not agent, and not otherwise asserting the natural rights that humans assert). The former do not have "a mind of their own", and the latter do, however limited it may be.

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Kolzig33189 t1_j1tt88t wrote

It’s basic biology - pit bulls have a very high level of testosterone and the outrageous amounts of muscle and bite strength/pressure for it to be a huge problem if they attack.

For reference, I believe Jack Russell terriers are the most aggressive and highest testosterone per breed but the difference is you can pretty easily deal with one with one good kick because of how small they are. And if you do get bit, they don’t have the bite strength to cause substantial damage to adults most of the time.

Not surprisingly, in nature this is the case nearly every single instance where the species with the highest level of testosterone are the most aggressive (ex- bull sharks).

And guess what? Dogs aren’t people. Equating it to racism is a real bad argument.

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Trailwatch427 t1_j1ulrkh wrote

The four year old I'm referring to was a little African American girl living in the inner city. The pit bull was being used as a guard dog for someone's house, maybe a drug house. Maybe the dog was used in fighting, which was also common there.

What's racist is when privileged white folks who own pit bulls defend the rights of the dog over the life of the little girl. They own pit bulls that have never been subject to such abuse, and there is no reason to fear that those pits ever will be abused.

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