• Alaknár@sopuli.xyz
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    2 days ago

    Studies have shown that pit bulls are associated with black people, and that people who have unfavorable views of black people, especially as being violent, also have a correlation to negative views of pit bulls

    Not OP, but - this has nothing to do with racism, WTF are you talking about?

    “Studies have shown”… My god, studies have shown that a breed created for violence and bloodthirst has a higher probability of being violent and bloodthirsty than those that weren’t, that’s literally all the context there was!

        • chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          1 day ago

          My comments and the links were all about the stereotypes part,not really the pitbulls. This particular comment reply chain, at least where I got involved, was just about how stereotypes alone isn’t a basis for truth. A counter argument was made that such a judgement doesn’t count for dog breeds, and the study shows that it indeed can count.

          • Alaknár@sopuli.xyz
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            1 day ago

            My comments and the links were all about the stereotypes part,not really the pitbulls

            Exactly my point. Nobody is talking about any stereotypes.

            A counter argument was made that such a judgement doesn’t count for dog breeds

            If the discussion was about how “X people tend to get Pitbulls”, I’d agree that talking about stereotypes makes sense.

            But the discussion was about Pitbulls being bloodthirsty and dangerous. It’s not a stereotype, it’s a biological fact.

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              8 hours ago

              If you know what breed it’s talking about, that suggests there’s probably some truth to it

              This is the comment where this particular comment chain veered into the subject of stereotypes. Chatokun correctly pointed out that this is a specious argument because it can also be applied to racial stereotypes.

              So your statement, “Nobody is talking about any stereotypes”, is untrue.