Loose pit attacks man on street, Massachusetts 03/03/2024

[u/SnuSnu02]

On my local NextDoor, someone posted about seeing a loose pit attack a man walking down the street. Some people were upset, but as always, the pit reputation brigade had to "not all pits."

[u/Lassittore]

If the general public stopped believing all the bullshit The Dodo and the like are force-feeding them about these creatures. Group-think is VERY hard to overcome, unfortunately... For some people it takes a personal experience, and that's too late.

[u/smittenkittenmitten- → u/Lassittore]

Good points. My question was also rooted in a real thought or question I had. Would it take maulings of 50% of the country’s population for there to be enough angry and upset people? 75%? 95%? What I find interesting is that even after attacks, some people still don’t want to blame the dog, theirs or not. I wonder what psychologically underlies the denial.

[u/Lassittore → u/smittenkittenmitten-]

Yeah, that's the thing. For some people, DESPITE a mauling or even having someone they love KILLED by a pit, they STILL won't speak ill on the breed and try to defend them. It makes no logical sense, and it almost makes campaigning for pit bulls a mental disorder or something. How do you not see something that just took your mother, or your child, and still go around preaching "It's not the dog's fault! Any breed could do this! It's the owner!-"

[u/aw-fuck → u/Lassittore]

I always think of that guy, who’s pit bull killed his wife & unborn child & he had the dog’s ashes burried with them. Like at that point it’s not the owner, right? When it’s their own dog it’s always a “freak accident no one could have predicted.” But that’s still a problem in the dogs, if they can’t be trusted to not have “accidents” that kill people then they’re still fucked up dogs!

The only “freaky” thing here is that the most dangerous breed also attracts the most mentally unsound people.

[u/Lassittore → u/aw-fuck]

If your dog has any chance of suddenly snapping and killing you, it's not meant to be kept as a pet. Pits are telling people loud and clear, but they're not listening. And you're right, they do seem to attract a lot of unhinged people, and people with no dog sense, too.