• Chicxulub@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    It subtly insinuates that cats being declawed is the norm and that cats with claws are a deviation from that norm

    No, it doesn’t. Declawing was a common thing to do and it’s still legal in most places. It’s not that unusual to find rescue cats that have been declawed.

    it’s also harmful and atrocious to force that deviation upon them.

    Yes, for the 10th time in this thread, literally no one here has suggested otherwise.

    The top-level comment was an attempt to normalize the mutilation of pets

    Not it’s not, it was an observation of the absence of a still relatively commonly seen occurrence. If they really cared cats, then a simple correction would have sufficed, rather than bringing attention to themselves with passive aggressive shittiness.

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      Declawing was a common thing to do and it’s still legal in most places.

      Exactly, all the more reason to call it out when you see language that normalizes it.

      literally no one here has suggested otherwise.

      If you agree that it’s bad, then get with the effing program instead of focusing your ire on the people who are actually calling it out!

      it was an observation of the absence of a still relatively commonly seen occurrence.

      Again, a sane person would say “cats have claws,” not “that cat hasn’t been declawed.” See the difference?

      If they really cared cats, then a simple correction would have sufficed

      Oh, you want to question whether someone really cares about cats? Someone who actually called out language that was attempting to normalize declawing, while you’re the one rushing to defend that language? I don’t think so.

      rather than bringing attention to themselves with passive aggressive shittiness

      You’re the one doing that by arguing on the same side as the rhe people saying things like “do you go around looking for reasons to be offended” and “some people make impotent rage their identity.”