Locking the thread bc it's inviting far too much toxicity.
Nah, even people with the right ideas on politics can have these blind spots. Nobody is immune and when everyone is vulnerable to something, those blind spots add up. It's what allows divide and conquer strategies to expand beyond those who are more conservative.
And if that's what we're talking about, mastiffs, great danes, and any other big dog should get more attention than they do. The conversation should be refocused from scapegoating specific breeds to handling large and strong dogs. Focusing on breeds derails the conversation every time by inviting in old school eugenics and all the problems that come with it.
That's hardly debated
Individuals having genetic predispositions isn't debated, but it being tied to breed is. It's especially less likely for breeds to play a role if they're more widespread; were the dog's parents and grandparents bred for dogfights, or just by people who wanted one? There are also no guarantees in genetics, with even genetically identical animals being capable of great variation. Using constructed and arbitrary categories like breed to tie behavior to looks is silly.
You'd need to compare it to the number of each type of dog in those statistics. Even then, it wouldn't tell the whole story because people who buy dogs with bad reputations often buy them for roles where they are more likely to bite like guard dogs. And EVEN then, you also need to consider that dogs who cause worse injuries are more likely to show up in the data because when they do bite it gets reported. I know I didn't go to the hospital when a Chihuahua didn't even break skin.
Pit bulls undeniably are dangerous by virtue of their size and strength, but so are other dogs. How inherently dangerous they are based on temperament is harder to determine. I'm always skeptical of breed essentialism because it's so close to human eugenics and scientific racism. We do not have as much control or understanding over nature as we think we do, and our misplaced confidence in our abilities causes harm and keeps us from actual solutions.
You're not wrong; you can absolutely roleplay toxic dynamics and still have a wonderful relationship. However, these characters are not only terrible for each other, but comically terrible people.
I'm telling you, I've seen otherwise brilliant people say the dumbest shit. The world is hard to understand in the first place and it's often too scary to face the facts.
Class of '09, an infamous dating sim where you're a psycho and every option is toxic af
That has little to do with being unintelligent
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never played this game and probably never will, but i do love me some toxic yuri 👀
This is inaccurate; only a minority of people are meaningfully less "intelligent" and it's rarely those people who are the real problem. The problem isn't intelligence, but the foolishness of people unable to see past their own biases or think critically.
mf is a straight thirst trap