You are ignoring the fact that there are over 5 million pitbull type dogs in the country. There is no such thing as a pure pitbull, they are mixes of bully breed dogs and often other breeds. When you do a percentage based calculation, the percentage of attacks by pitbulls is far lower than attacks by other breeds.…

It's pretty offensive to make the comparison to guns. Pitbulls are living creatures that humans brought into this world. Guns are unnecessary objects. best answer to guns=get rid of them/restrict them. Best answer to pitbull aggression=training, rehabilitation and ending the gang and drug culture in which they are…

I was bitten by a Yorkie as a kid. I did not call for a breed ban. any dog who is treated cruelly could develop aggression issues. You tie a German shepherd to a chain and teach it to be a watch dog and that German shepherd is going to be aggressive and attack children. But there is no breed ban. Because pitbulls are…

Um how about beating their kids to death, starving and torturing them? I won't embarrass you by getting the stats on child abuse deaths versus how many kids have been mauled to death by pitbulls.

Sorry to break it to you schweeps but any dog could kill a small child. Any goddamn dog.

It's not a fact. Unless your concept of facts is "something I heard someone say one time". Some bully type dogs have been abused by evil assholes and so they have gained a reputation. I foster rescue pitbulls and every one I've had except one has been a regular, sweet dog like all others. The one exception had…

most pit bulls have not been bred tobe hyper aggressive either just fyi. Pitbulls aren't even purebred. I love how the people who are anti pitbull know nothing about them.

but absolutely any large dog could do the same damage as a pitbull (the locking jaw bullshit is a myth my friend), and they do all the time, it's just not as reported because pitbull headlines are so much sexier. So ban / euthanize all large dogs? Sounds sensible. I mean, for your safety that is.

humans are also very strong and can really harm someone, and they do harm children, all the time. Far more often and cruelly than pitbulls in fact. I don't see any bans/ discriminatory restrictions on people having kids. This is the result of human fault, mistreatment and stupidity eVERY TIME. I'm so sick of people…

I'd have to disagree about NYC being Disabled Folks Paradise - maybe RICH Disabled Folks Paradise, but my friend's oldest son is about to age out of his special needs school and then her only option is public school, where he'll probably get kicked out or not admitted due to aggression issues, or to pay tens of…

This is a pretty destructive statement to make, and categorically untrue for many kids with autism. Some will never speak, many have serious aggression issues and most will never really enjoy everything "any other kid" does. I don't think you've worked with kids at all ends of the spectrum, because you would never…

People with autism are amazing and unique, but we have no idea how to communicate effectively with severely autistic kids or adults yet, and that makes raising them incredibly hard on their parents. So let's not sugar coat it and pretend it's all sunshine and rainbows. My best friend has two autistic sons and she has…

Here's another one: the male culture. This isn't about "urban lower class." You think a bunch of white finance guys making $500k a year wouldn't degrade these women on a NYC subway? They might do it differently, but it is all couched in the same bullshit.

I think to dub this as being about racism dismisses the real issues: hypermasculinity, trans and homo phobia and misogyny. The attackers and victims are all black men and women...there are race issues at play, but let's be real. This is a bunch of dudes feeling threatened and on some level curious and entitled to…

I agree - like the rest of South America, the economic disparity is disgusting in Brazil, and I've been there and seen it. I'm not saying most of those in the photos are poor just because they live in a developing nation; obviously they aren't, but that doesn't make her little gimmick any less gross or insensitive.…

Why does Jezebel care so much about the Duggars? It's weird that they have a show, but they like having kids, they have taken pretty damn good care of them all from the looks of it (probably the reason for having a show?) and they're all a hell of a lot better behaved than the average American kid I encounter these…

If you live life so afraid of germs that it keeps you from putting your arm around someone who has just paid $400 to take a photo with you, you need a therapist. I don't remember offhand where they said this happened bit im assuming Rio or another city...she's not in some third world village.

Apart from being generally obnoxious, this is incredibly culturally insensitive as well. She's asking people in a country where kissing and touching is the standard form of greeting strangers to pay a ridiculous amount of money for someone living in a developing nation to stand next to her while she looks like she's…

better idea: a voice activated app that generates a siren and police megaphone sound loud enough to be heard by the whole neighborhood as soon as you yell a particular word. It would have to work even if your phone is locked. I have zero idea whether this is technologically possible, but by the time that text goes out…

Jezebel, this post is what gets well-meaning liberals labeled and dismissed as pretentious pricks. I know nothing about the Duggars, granted, except what I've seen of a reality TV show, but considering reality TV tends to go to great lengths to show the worst of people, I'd say it's impressive that I've never seen or…