To be fair, the Washington Post isn’t alone in arguing that dogs are bad for the planet. VICE says your dog is ruining the environment. HuffPost reported last fall that your dog is terrible for the environment. Just how bad is your dog for the environment? The Los Angeles Times did some digging and found out.
But WaPo’s take is pretty hot:
The Washington Post just canceled itself. pic.twitter.com/vJPjMhHlyY
— Bridget Phetasy (@BridgetPhetasy) August 24, 2019
Here’s the thing, though. Set aside the clickbait graphic there, and it turns out the article is about feral dog colonies in Brazil muscling out natural predators and chowing down on precious baby turtles and other snacks.
The meme claims that dogs are bad for the planet, which they are not, The headline says the dogs are destructive, which they are. The article documents how feral dogs and semi-domestic dogs from Brazilian slums hunt in large packs in national parks, killing endangered species.
— JIM BROWN ⚖️ (@JimBrownBlue) August 24, 2019
That’s quite a leap from “bad for the planet” to “destructive.” But if WaPo wants to make enemies with millions of dog lovers to score some clicks on a piece about wild dogs in Rio de Janeiro, so be it.
We are days away from
OPINION: If you really cared about the planet, you’d kill yourselves.
— Bridget Phetasy (@BridgetPhetasy) August 24, 2019
You’d stop having kids, you’d stop eating meat, you’d give up your pets, you’d stop flying a private jet to Geneva for climate emergency meetings.
The left is really underestimating the hatred they’re stirring up in ordinary people when they insist that climate change requires that you give up your dog and your plastic straws. https://t.co/auIvYfXdSH
— Inez Stepman (@InezFeltscher) August 24, 2019
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Wapo is bad for the planet
— matt’s idea shop (@MattsIdeaShop) August 24, 2019
So is bad journalism – will be interesting to see which one natural selection chooses
— jongouty (@jongouty) August 24, 2019
Just to recap:
Fox News has people injecting marijuana
The Washington Post says dogs are bad for the planet
And the media can’t figure out why no one rational will take them seriously
— Wayward Keroauc (@simplyk06) August 24, 2019
First they came for the cows and the dogs said nothing…
— G.R. Hall (@Garrett_R_Hall) August 24, 2019
Next article
"How Socialism can Save the Planet from Dogs." pic.twitter.com/qVyQIMNpnp
— Clay Trainor (@claytrainor) August 24, 2019
Hard truth: Human happiness is bad for the planet
— Boomieleaks (@notwokieleaks) August 24, 2019
This guy might have an issue with that… pic.twitter.com/V9O3YQC7C5
— Pope of Waffles (@PopeWaffles) August 24, 2019
MEANWHILE AT THE POST pic.twitter.com/qtfj5Jz2cl
— Ernie Tedeschi (@ernietedeschi) August 24, 2019
I hate when cats write
— Jimmy Levy (@JimmyLevy15) August 24, 2019
@ComfortablySmug this is war.
— Britt McHenry (@BrittMcHenry) August 24, 2019
Finally, an article that can be universally eviscerated despite ideological divides! #everyonelovesdogs
— Иван Грозный ?☠️???? (@Spartan_Jon1) August 24, 2019
Dogs are better than socialism. Objective fact.
— Mentats (@Mentats11) August 24, 2019
So far this summer, the media has pissed on: the moon landing, Mariano Rivera's HOF induction, and dogs. They also argued that Ted Kennedy was the real victim of Chappaquiddick. What am I leaving out?
— Rob from Long Island (@FlyingDutch0116) August 24, 2019
Cannibalism is normal (WAPO) & eating insects is good for the environment.
— Pearl (@Emperorpearl) August 24, 2019
I think the institutional Left wants to abolish all omnivorous life forms from the biosphere because they think herbivores have a zero carbon impact on the planet.
— Culpability Jones (@ShineboxHukster) August 24, 2019
That will win back the mainstream audience. ???
— Outside My Purview (@MyScabs) August 24, 2019
Counterpoint https://t.co/xFOi8ck2kY
— pānis et circēnsēs ?️? (@RtisticFX) August 24, 2019
Which is worse for the planet?
— New Improved Dave (@NewImprovedDave) August 24, 2019
Related:
SCIENCE: Here’s more proof that dogs are a tool of white supremacy https://t.co/V4DRygTftC
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 23, 2019
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