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"I just wanted to be hateful and racist in private with my 500 Facebook friends. I didn't want others to know that"
Its the same as with this woman who sparkt the riots in the UK recently, by spreading false information she had from a russian bot.
Actions have consequences. Even Facebook posts.
Literally had this talk with my son. "You are responsible for your own actions"
What exactly was it she posted? Like a direct quote instead of another summary, because all I've ever really heard about it was that she heard some Haitians from the friends neighbors took and ate their friends cat? Or something like that. I know some regions in Asia will eats cats and dogs. No idea if it's even a thing in Haiti.
Ah yes. And Americans are all obese and only eat fast food.
Are we done with the stereotypes now?
To make it clear: NOBODY IS EATING ANYBODIES PETS.
Not in Haiti and not in Asia.
Wait, are you telling me I’m not obese? It’s just a stereotype? Whew! Waffle House, here I come!
Yeah, it's a straight up fact that cats and dogs are eaten in parts of Asia. That isn't a stereotype at all. It's well known and very documented.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-39577557.amp
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/what-countries-eat-cats
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_meat
https://www.fourpawsusa.org/our-stories/press-releases/ten-million-dogs-and-cats-are-slaughtered-for-their-meat-in-southeast-asia-yearly
https://worldanimalfoundation.org/advocate/what-countries-eat-dogs-and-cats/
https://www.thedailymeal.com/9-countries-eat-cats-and-dogs/11414/
Can't counter the point they actually made huh? Yeah, that's pretty typical.
Which point? Everything was countered in the links provided.
Source that they’re pets and not cattle? My farmer friend had a pet cow; they didn’t eat that cow. They ate other cows.
If you read the links I posted, you would see that some of them likely are pets. But go ahead and keep your head buried in the sand. A lot of people ignore or deny things just because they don't like them.
That's not what they are discussing, though.
People aren't eating PETS, as in, animals who have an owner that takes care of them. That's the part you don't understand.
Read what I linked. People go around and gather what they can find and catch. Some are very likely to be pets, since they'd be easiest to catch.