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Pet peeve (no pun intended)
Jun. 20th, 2013 09:35 amLet me start by apologizing to any pit bull owners among you.
. . . That said, I wish people would quit constantly posting photos of their pit bulls all over social media. I know why they do it, because one of my Facebook friends has spoken more than once about how the breed is just misunderstood and how pit bull owners are constantly trying to reshape public opinion. And even if she hadn't come right out and said it, I would have gotten a clue from the hashtags that people use when they do it (#lovemypit and #pitbullsofinstagram and so forth). And from the things they say in their posts: "Pits are the best! The sweetest! The cuddliest!"
But when you have a phobia, like I do about pit bulls, it's not pleasant to have people shoving it in your face all the time. Especially when they keep telling you, "Oh, it's really nice and sweet and you just misunderstand it!"
As Colonel Potter would say, horse hockey. They have a perfect right to promote their breed, of course. But I have the right to want their breed far, far, FAR away from me.
. . . That said, I wish people would quit constantly posting photos of their pit bulls all over social media. I know why they do it, because one of my Facebook friends has spoken more than once about how the breed is just misunderstood and how pit bull owners are constantly trying to reshape public opinion. And even if she hadn't come right out and said it, I would have gotten a clue from the hashtags that people use when they do it (#lovemypit and #pitbullsofinstagram and so forth). And from the things they say in their posts: "Pits are the best! The sweetest! The cuddliest!"
But when you have a phobia, like I do about pit bulls, it's not pleasant to have people shoving it in your face all the time. Especially when they keep telling you, "Oh, it's really nice and sweet and you just misunderstand it!"
As Colonel Potter would say, horse hockey. They have a perfect right to promote their breed, of course. But I have the right to want their breed far, far, FAR away from me.
