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Project 2025 mastermind allegedly told colleagues he killed a dog with a shovel
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 24 Sep 2024
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It is and was common to outlaw pit bulls in cities across the US on the misinformed grounds that they are aggressive. This was absolutely the case around the time this shit stain allegedly did whatever he claimed to do. What this law did in practice was to make it difficult for black and brown people to get occupancy permits in those municipalities, those who most commonly had them. Neighbors could use the ordinance to harass and complain about other "unsavory" neighbors. This guy is a piece of shit for killing a dog and for being a racist scumbag. Bragging about it and you don't think they're intrinsically related?
I get what you're saying, but I honestly feel like you're being disingenuous here. Only in exaggerated media (shows, movies, music videos) do predominantly POC own pit bulls, which is where the stereotype came from.
Where I live, it's mostly white people that own pit bulls and such. And it's also those same white people that are mostly impacted by such legislation. Personally, I think it's utter bullshit to ban an entire breed of dog and I've seen so, SO, SO many people literally saying all put bulls should be put down.
I call those people "dog racists," and they always fail to see how their line of thinking could extremely easily be switched to a group of people rather than dogs.
Just because people have done great work to undo that horrible unjust stereotype does not make the lived experience of people like me and so many others any less real.
Or... the sick fuck beat a pit bull dog to death with a shovel.
Or both? He's clearly a racist.
Whether or not he's a racist, a pit bull is a pit bull. My dog is half pit bull. Does that make me a racist when I say it?
No. It does not. Like a lot of language, context is important. That's part of the definition of a dog whistle. Pit bull is still a trigger word, hell most if not all animal shelters avoid using the term for dogs like yours and mine. They call them terrier mixes instead.
What are you even talking about?
If that was the breed of dog, what was he supposed to call it? Scotties are terriers. Jack Russels are terriers.
Nelson looks like such a happy boy
I wish I could take them all home, but I already have two dogs and I'm already concerned about double the chances of catching stupid disease from them.
He's a beauty.
Fucks sake, I'm not trying to gas light you. Maybe you don't live in such a hyper racist and segregated city. I'm tired, my back is killing me and just because you gave me one site doesn't prove your point.
What the fuck are you talking about? I never said you were trying to gaslight me. I also never called you stupid, I called my dogs stupid. I also don't live in a hyper racist and segregated city. I literally live in a neighborhood with a mix of white people and POC- mostly black and south Asian. We are all friendly to each other.
Fair. Sorry. My bad. Unfortunately I do live in one and am stuck here. 😔