• Striker@lemmy.worldM
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    There’s tons of friendly and well raised pitbulls. Y’all just never here about them because the news doesn’t make scary stories about them. Yall have a negativity bias

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      Negativity bias? Fact bias.

      Pit bulls are the single mostly likely breed to be involved in a bite incident. Over 22% of all bite incidents are pit bulls. Not only that, they are the single most likely breed to be involved in a fatal attack.

      So they bite the most, and their attacks are most often the deadliest.

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        1 year ago

        Those stats are a result of shitty reporting by cops who are likely to just list any breed they can’t immediately give two fucks to confirm as a pit.

        A rather famous incident quickly dropped off the radar once it turned out that the dog that attacked the victim was actually a golden retriever.

        Not to mention how these stats are most of the time introduced as dogwhistles (ignore the pun) for similar mis/disinformation about black people since pits and pit mixes are frequently considered a “black people dog breed.”

        A lot of the same framing too, “they’re too dangerous to be part of white society!”, “all they know is how to be violent!”, “they’re a danger to white women and children!”

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      I know several people with scars on their faces from pitbulls. Four of them had to get reconstructive surgery.

      I grew up with one so I am not a hater, but I know they can be very dangerous especially around other dogs.