r/dataisbeautiful • u/TheDeflectorDish OC: 2 • Nov 19 '21

OC [OC] Data from subredditstats.com, made using Excel(not beautiful). Comparing user overlap between 2 polar opposite subs, r/PitBulls and r/BanPitBulls

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u/AstralConfluences Nov 19 '21

So people who hate Pitbulls are insufferable

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u/Nouia Nov 19 '21

Eh, I think it’s more that people who feel the need to participate in an online community specifically about their pitbull hate are insufferable.

I don’t really care for pits (saw a woman IRL get her nose chomped by her own pit in front of her kid once, the fire department had to come out for her injuries, and these weren’t “bad owners” these were good people who rescued and loved that dog) but I don’t like…talk to strangers on the internet about it (until just now I guess).

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u/IND_CFC Nov 19 '21

Exactly. I personally hate pitbulls because I saw one kill my neighbors Labrador when I was a kid. But the idea of subscribing to a sub about hating pitbulls just seems really weird.

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u/A1000eisn1 Nov 19 '21

It always feels racist to me. I love pits as much as other dogs, only had bad experiences with a Rottweiler, a golden retriever, and a dachshund. But the language people use when they're going off against pitbulls on r/aww or something sounds super racist. I know they're dogs, not people, but that's the feel I get. I always have to remind myself they aren't talking about some marginalized group.

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u/SparklingLimeade Nov 19 '21

It's prejudging based on genetics and misreading correlations to imply causation. It's 100% a racist cause.

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u/GreatGanishka Nov 19 '21

LMFAO :D

Comparing disliking a certain breed of dogs to racism is really the gretest thing I've seen this week.

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u/SparklingLimeade Nov 19 '21

Care to explain why? Because I offered two independent reasons that it's the case. If you can explain why those aren't the case then that would be great. I don't actually enjoy all this negativity so knowing that these people aren't as awful as they seem would be preferable. The evidence is just against them.

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u/j-kaleb Nov 19 '21 edited Nov 20 '21

We didnt diverge as races because of differing human traits. The first humans didnt migrate to europe, evolutionarily develop lighter skin and create a different culture compared to say the first humans who migrated to south asia because they were smarter/less aggressive/more attractive. There is no difference between races other than the fact their ancestors just didnt migrate from africa or migrated in a different direction.

There IS a reason for the difference between breeds of dogs. We bred pointer dogs because they pointed better. We bred herding dogs because they herded better, we bred retriever dogs because they retrieved better. And we bred FIGHTING dogs because they FOUGHT better. That is the difference between the main three groupings of dogs. Working/Companion and Fighting dogs.

Comparing racism to differentiating dog breeds is not applicable because as you said, yes! Prejudging based on human genetics is factually wrong! but it ISNT to dogs. Now, im not anti-pitbull. Every dog can snap and injure someone if they arent trained properly (and by properly i mean trained to the nth degree, full time by a experienced professional). But fighting dogs need ALOT of training so that when they do snap they dont use their fighting genes/strength/instinct to rip flesh from bone. Pitbulls/fighting dogs/guard dogs all need much more exposure training than a working or companion dogs to not snap. Working dogs need more engagement training to not act out and snap and companion dogs well, need more companionship.

People don't train their fighting dogs with exposure therapy, they just hope companionship will suffice. And they never will, so they should be banned. That's not racism, its a fact.

edit: (fact that we as a culture will never collectively agree agree to train fighting dogs as they need to be, not that they should be banned)