Patrick Stewart likes Pitbulls, it was probably his idea, or one of the writers playing into his likes.
Also you overreact to everything. "I was changed by a pitbull once so they're all bad" Buzz off, not all Pitbulls are bad dogs, it depends on how they are raised, despite what you said on the contrary.
This is BS. Pitbulls are statistically more likely to kill a human than any other dog. Not all pitbulls are bad, but enough are that it should be a concern. How many Golden Retrievers kill people each year or Jack Russells? Pitbulls are physically strong enough to kill and were bred to have temperaments that make them a poor choice for a pet. Pitbulls are also the most common type of dog in shelters by a long shot. This means that they are put down more than any other dog. It is irresponsible and unethical to breed them when you could instead breed a dog that isn't banned from most apartments due to data backed insurance risks, that isn't physically capable of killing a fit adult human, that would be an extremely stupid choice if you have kids.
I am all for someone trying to take care of the ones that are not bad and rescuing them. However promoting the breed as a good choice of a pet because you feel that they are some magical creature that could only be an aggressive beast if trained to do so is ignorant. I have had dogs for 30 years. I had 2 that I would not want around children because they couldn't handle being bothered by a kid poking them. I did not train them to get snippy when grabbed by a kid. They did not learn that anywhere. They are animals and respond to things based on their animal instincts. If those 2 dogs, one a 10 pound Lhasa Apso and the other a 35 pound terrier mix had the strength of a pitbull, they would be a danger to children, strangers coming into the house and possibly their owners under some circumstances. It is natural variation to have those temperaments in normal dogs. Just like people, some dogs are born assholes or turn into one when they get old.
Put it this way. Why do you advocate for pitbulls as pets, but not coyotes or wolves? They can interbreed. Wolves took generations to domesticate. Is it not fathomable that human driven breeding could create dog breeds that have traits that make them unsuitable for pets just like a wild wolf cub? Of course it is. Pitbull apologists ignore basic science, facts about canines and all the data that shows that they are by far the most dangerous dog breed to own. It's not always the owner, its the breed and its the specific dog who just happens to be one of the bad ones or pushed there by bad experiences. It's nature and nurture. And you likely could train a mini poodle to be aggressive and to kill other small dogs, but they wouldn't be able to do it as quickly as a pitbull and they would not be able to effectively use that violence to kill a healthy, unconstrained, and conscious human.
I used to be an ignorant pitbull supporter because I blindly believed the sentimental bullshit the apologists post and because I am a dog person. Then I saw one snap and rip a gash in one of my dogs in seconds. If the owner did not have a shock collar on it, he would not have been able to stop it. He was a middle aged man who owns a nice house on the water and is a good owner. The dog however is a shit pet and requires precaution that ordinary dogs do not. I read up on the dogs, thought about the variations in temperaments I have seen in dogs I have owned and known and random dogs I have met at dog parks, etc. Understanding statistics at the level of a physicist and engineer also informed my well reasoned opinion. There is no good evidence out there supporting the claims that pitbulls are as good a pet as other breeds. It's all anecdotal. Your claims that the poster you replied to was basing his feelings on anecdotes is silly. You are. As are all Pitbull apologists. Nobody is claiming that all pitbulls are bad. We are claiming that the data shows that they are risky as pets, that they are discarded in high numbers because of the consequences of those risks and that they do not provide anything special as a pet that couldn't be gotten from another dog other than the knowledge that your dog is strong enough to kill your enemies, regardless of how nice he or she is. Pitbull fans are kind of doggie racists. They glom on to one type of dog and preach their special qualities that are not different from other breeds.
If you are so sure Pitbulls are great, prove with data, that all pitbull related human deaths were caused by human owners training the dog to do that and not just an animal with a bad temperament or who just happened to snap for a few minutes. It would also help if you could prove the same for Rottweilers which are the second leading cause of dog related deaths. I am also sure you have never had intense emotions temporarily drive your behavior in bad ways because you were never trained to act like that.
