I'm sure this person believes she was being funny with her statement that she will "continue to fear and loathe cats in the coming year," but there are some very unfunny truths about promoting this attitude.
It is not necessary for everyone to love a certain type of animal--I am not really partial to dogs. But many people are deliberately cruel to cats, believing it's justified to be so because cats are "evil." Cats are not "evil," and there is no reason to either fear or loathe them. In trying to end animal cruelty, I have seen many horrifying images of deliberately vicious acts done to cats. I think that encouraging people to "fear and loathe" cats promotes this type of attitude, that harming cats is excusable.
I really wish that the Dumb Blog would stick to sharing stories of dumb criminals. When the writers put their opinions out on other issues, the blog's title really fits. I may have to stick to the Dreamin Demon for my dumb criminals from now on.
