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ABC's avatar

Pit bull breeders & paedos, Katie seems to accept their claim with a low bar of skepticism.

I really wish they would/could do an ep on D. Caroline Coile — canine researcher, author of Pit Bulls for Dummies (& scores of other books), who swore off the breed due to their aggressiveness, and IIRC was viciously cancelled by the “pitties are misunderstood” crowd. But on the other hand, I expect Coile would rather not have it dredged up again.

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Midge's avatar

Part of the reason you can have a “pitties are misunderstood” crowd is that the majority of pit bulls never do anything seriously wrong, and there are a lot of people who have owned well behaved ones. The problem with them is obviously a law of averages problem: because they have been eugenically bred for fighting and boar baiting, they are much more likely to go mad and savage a person or pet than other breeds. But the data are sometimes lost to the anecdotes.

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VesnaVK's avatar

They're like Russian roulette.

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John John's avatar

The prostasia episode really made Katie look like the kind of credulous clown she usually makes fun of

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Contra Contrarians's avatar

At first I read that last name as Collie and thought "nominative determinism viciously attacks again!"

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AKI's avatar

She's a Border Colle

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