Posted on 04/22/2024 1:29:22 AM PDT by Libloather
This is a ruff take!
City-dwelling dog owners are marking their “colonial” territory with pooches who are “gentrifying” neighborhoods, critics say in a bizarre online debate.
Sparking the controversy was a story in The Cut that delves into the growing hostility between dog owners and the dog-free in New York.
The article quotes Mia, of Prospects Lefferts Gardens, the proud owner of two terriers, who noticed a growing anti-dog sentiment brewing on her community Facebook group.
One post about picking up dog poop eventually spiraled into bonkers accusations that the pooches of PGL were “gentrifying the neighborhood.”
Mia, a New York-born Latina, told the outlet upon reading this she wondered “Are they saying that only white people have dogs?”
Another woman with an off-leash dog was apparently confronted in Prospect Park by someone filming her with her cellphone camera.
“She was asking me why I thought I was special, why my dog didn’t need to be leashed. Was it because of my white privilege?
In a viral tweet this week, an X user ran sparked further debate.
“Dogs in large cities are essentially settler-colonial—a way for their owners to move into and occupy more of the urban space than they are allotted while making it everyone else’s problem,” the tweet reads in part.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Yup, look behind the curtain and find the proponent of 6th century living.
I didn’t think that gentrification was still a thing. I thouht that ended when alienication started.
Maybe some dogs ARE better than some people. I don’t want to say. As a former dog owner, I love dogs generally & certainly miss the last one I had. Admittedly, there are also problems with having dogs as well, like cleaning up after them. If you choose to work in certain facilities, you will learn to clean up after people, too. There are just certain responsibilities one must bear if they are an owner of a pet. Most people will bear those responsibilities if they love their pets.
Any dog that goes on my lawn I just walk my dog over and let it do the same on their lawn. And my dog is big and has a lot to give.
Otherwise my dog is walked and only goes in the street.
I’ve figured out that Islam is actually the perfect form of government for the sub-90 IQ majority. Just be loudest advocate for conformity and you will be well rewarded for your loyalty. They are even better at it than Democrats.
I have had a little experience with folks bringing their dogs into places that would normally be considered “people only”. Generally, those dogs are service animals and are specially trained. The ones I have observed are often a better class of trade than a few of the people in those places.
Wait till the find dead dogs and cats thrown into the streets after an illegal dog fight! They “ain’t” seen nothin’ yet!
Maybe a few dead roosters from illegal cock fights!
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