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[–]reluctant_commenter 10 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

I was talking to someone the other day about how AHS on Reddit has organized and encouraged harassment, brigading, and doxxing behaviors directed at users and forums that don't support gender identity ideology. They told me that they had heard of something similar happening with... pitbull dog legislation. What? They linked me to this post about it. I'm just surprised because so many of the tactics described in this post-- getting users banned from other subreddits just because they participate in one disliked subreddit, brigading, doxxing, making a whole private Discord server devoted to planning how to get a subreddit banned-- are the same tactics that extremist TRAs use.

Has anyone else here heard of this...? I'm inclined to guess that this isn't as big a conflict as the one surrounding transgender ideology, but then again, I'm new to this topic.

[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

This is an interesting find. Funny enough I was talking to a friend the other day who said he had recently changed his mind about pitbulls (from thinking they were misunderstood and that the real problem was bad owners to thinking the breed was inherently dangerous). I noted in that conversation that the breed attracts a type of owner that likes them for their threatening nature and also a type of owner that is attracted to them specifically because they think they're misunderstood and want to rehabilitate their public image. I am not at all surprised that the latter category includes a sizeable number of TRA queer ideologue type people who get off on the idea of subverting societal norms and telling people they need to re-educate themselves.

To be clear I'm not saying that all or most people who think pitbulls are misunderstood are like that. I have a cousin who owns pitbulls and he's a harmless, empathetic softie. I also know people who have had serious injuries from pitbulls. I haven't personally researched pitbulls but I know they have strong jaws that can do more damage than most dogs if applied to human flesh and I also know that purebred dogs were selectively bred to have certain personality, behavioral, and physical traits so it would not surprise me if certain breeds have certain problematic behavioral traits endemic to them.

[–]ShotTopic 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I was sympathetic to pitbulls until my dog was attacked and it was a nightmare trying to get it to release it's jaws from my dog's neck. Now I'm in the camp of many of them have bad owners, but also the breed was bred for fighting. I do know some nice ones but I don't trust the breed as a whole and will leave the dog park (or where ever I am with my dog) if I see one. I don't want them euthanized or anything but I don't think they should continue to be bred. Let the current ones live out their lives with responsible owners and move on.

[–]reluctant_commenter 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I'm so sorry that happened to your dog. I hope your dog survived and is doing ok.

Now I'm in the camp of many of them have bad owners, but also the breed was bred for fighting.

Yeah that is where I land on this, too. Some people will deny one or the other of those points... I think they're both true.

[–]ShotTopic 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Pup is good! Wound was shallow because my girlfriend saw the pitbull coming and tried to pull our dog away at the last second. So the pitbull's teeth weren't able to get in too deep, it just wouldn't let go once it bit down. Vet did a 'clip and clean' and put her on antibiotics for a bit. I think it freaked us humans out way more than the dog.

Luckily there were some people at the dog park we had met before (our dogs befriended each other). They tried to help remove the pitbull and calmed us down after.

[–]reluctant_commenter 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Really glad your dog turned out mostly okay!! That's thoughtful of the other people at the dog park, I'm glad they were there and helped you. God, I bet, I would've been so freaked out. Hope you all will never experience anything like that again!