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[–] SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Jobs are not the same as races. Your job is a choice and if it was a bad one you could choose a better one.

People WILL keep getting dogs from breeders until the end of time.

I'm hopeful that isn't true. I'm also hopeful that people will stop killing our planet and stop eating animals, too. I don't think 'no more breeders' is harder than those goals.

[–] Kyle@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm sorry, activists intentionally spreading misinformation to benefit backyard breeders now has something to do with race?

This is appalling.

Sorry I didn't take the time to quote.

You said:

There hasn't been a single time that blanket generalizations and slurs against a demographic of people have ever led to positive social change.

Which is why I said that dog breeders are a profession, not something immutable like race.

I'm happy to level blanket generalizations at cops, too, in case you were wondering.